The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-31

| do work in the neighboring towns an
Villages. All such orders will receiv
prompt, careful attention, and the VAL
LEY VIRGINIAN knows whereof it speak
when it gives the assurance that tn
work will be well done.
EAKLE & JONES.
At Nos. "a and 40 North August
street, diagonally across the way fron
the entrance to the VALLEY VIRGINIA.
office, is located mercantile hous
which we have no disposition to ignor
in this review Of Staunton and its trade
/ Though the existing partnership doe
not cover but comparatively brief pc
Rod, nevertheless the house has Ion;
been prominent in the trade circles Q
the city, and it has a reputation and pat
ronage that alike bespeak the favorable
esteem in which it is held.
! The. business card Of the firm refer
to them as wholesale and retail dealer
in -four, grain, groceries and country
produce" This, to say the least, is
very bald description. To e'sure, in ;
business card or circular a house speak,
Of and for itself, and weare told that one
OF the priceless pearls Of virtue is ''mod
esty." In this review the VALLEY VIR
GINIAN, not Eallle & Jones, is speaking
and the writer, will demonstrate that he
too, has an immense stock of pearls
on hand. AT all events we shall try tc
convey some information concerning 3
house that is working shoulder toshould-
er with our most progressive merchants
in advancing the material welfare Of the
city. IS {.
The CO partners are B. F. Eakle and
E. |. Jones, the present firm style dating
from August, 1882, then succeeding
Bowling & Eakle Bros. Mr.. Eakle is a
native of Augusta county, and for the
past three years or more he has been a
merchant of Staunton. He began clerk.
ing here for c. c. Wheat, at the conner
of Main and Augusta streets, remaining
with him three years. Then J. T.. By
ers and H. E. Summerson bought out
Mr.. Wheat, and thirty days after the
firm of Byers & Eakle was formed the
capital Of that concern was some hun
dreds Of dollars less than nothing. By
ers & Eakle remained together six years;
then Mr.. Eakle sold out and for a year
Travelled, on account Of i'll health, through
the South and Southwest; upon his re-
turn the firm of Bowling &Eakle was
formed. s4
Mr.. Jones is originally from Lynch
burg, though he has lived in the county,
some sixteen or seventeen years. For
eleven years he was engaged in mer-.
chandizing at New Hope, and since
coming to this city was engaged as sales
man until the formation Of this firm.
The. co-partners unite in giving their
business the closest Of personal atten-
ton, Mr.. EalSle taking charge of the f.
nances and the buying, while Mr.. Jones
attends particularly to the sales and
shipping departments. This division of
labor is productive Of the happiest re-
suits, and the house prospers under such
administration of its affairs.
AS we have already stated, Eakle &
Jones occupy two large salesroons, with
cellars. No. "a is the grocery depart
ment proper, and from Monday morn
ing to Saturday night of each week is
the scene OF almost numberless large
and small transactions.
Here are to be found 'sthe good things
of life" solids and dainties, the posses
sion OF which not only makes glad the
hearts of housekeepers, but which serve
to keep peace in families by affording
the head of the honse good, square
meal-this, by the way, is a little item
that our lady readers will do well to re-
member, and, as Capt. Cutie says, to do
so make a note on t." No. 40 is Civ
en- up to 'weightier matters" Here are
carried the stocks of flour, salt, cement,
sugars, &C., in original packages, and
from this room and the cellars the job
blng orders are mostly filled. These
stocks also constitute reserve fund.-
upon which the salesroon proper con-
stantly draws without fear of a draft be-
ing dishonored. 49,,
Flour and grain constitute two very
important items Of EalSle & Jones trade.
Not only are these articles purchased and
sold in large quantities each year, but
oats and corn are brought here from
the extreme west by the house in car
load lots to supply the local trade, and
these receipts often reach as much as
five car loads per week. Country pro-
duce generally is purchased in whatever
quantities offer, and Of potatoes alone
the firm have some six or seven hundred
bushels now in the cellars.
The wholesale trade of the house, SO
far as regards the territory covered, does
not differ materially from that of our
other wholesale merchants. Eakle, &
Jones, either personally or through
representative, travel the c. & o. road
east and west from this point, and they
also control good healthful trade along
the Valley road. Most Of their whole
sale country trade, that is, from mer-
chants off the lines of railway, comes
direct to the house. These orders,
whether given in person or sent by mail,
represent a very considerable business
annually, and such customers of the
house may rely with absolute certainty
upon having their favors promptly at
tended to.
While calling upon the firm the other
daywe asked one of the co-partners as
to- how the sales, collections and bust
ness generally Of the house for 1883
would compare with its predecessor.
Wewere informed that the query could
only be answered approximately, for
reason.t thai the firm itself did not then
absolutely know. He could say this,
however: That the sales of the house
during the past year would show large
increase, but what per cent. it was i'm
possible to tell. Itshows that the gem
eral business of the city is increasing from
year to year, and it also illustrates the
aphorism that "the Gods help those who
help themselves"
DIR. N. WAYT & BRO.
The Oldest unchanged firm Of merchants
in the city is the one of. which we now
write. But even that distinction doesn't
imply that the co-partners' are patriarchal,
either in age or appearance-on the con-
itrary. they are comparatively young men;
the Doctor, who is senior by some years,
being somewhere along Ill the ''40's'- we
should judge.
On the first of November. 1865. DIR. N.