The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-07
THE DUYAL BRGS,
4;
Two Successful Young BIsi.
ness Men /;
OPENING up IN The CRY
They are Self Made Men, and Dess~va
Great Credit.

To those who scan the half pagead-
vertisement on the last page of mis-
paper today, who are familiar with fhe
young men above named, there is more.
than passing interest. The editoE of
this paper and the Duval brotbecs-
Joseph W. and Eugene-Were raiseG in
the same community. To enIightenShe
uninfOrmed it is only necessary tn
state that their native county is Ma
kulla, and almost every reader of Hhe
Tallahasseean will at once know eley
were poor; for while it is fact, GER
haps, that the county mentioned NaS
as many comfortably fixed farmer" to
the square mile as any other in The
State, yet it is also a fact that it eldtms
no rich men among its citizens-ahat
is, none who have been rich since dhe,
war
When he first grew up, Joseph, Ethe.
eldest of these two DuVal brothers
(whO, by the way, are the two yOunsest
of a family Of four) went into bSsi-
ness with his eldest brother, Frknk.
He was quite successful. In facts hes
soon became so popular among his
home folks that he was induced to gun
for and was Overwhelmingly elected
clerk of the Circuit Court. In SOn-
Quoting the affairs of the office he SEag
thoroughly business, Obliging to every
body, and would have no doubt ISen
reelected for another term, but spur
years of Office holding was enOughsfOr
him and he positively refused to snn.
GOing out of Office, he and Eu4sne
went to Carrabelle and establishes d.
strictly cash mercantile business. SNch
a concern was new to that town, which
had hitherto been run almost entiSeIy
on scrip" and Credit" and on every
hand they were told it was impdssi-
bic. But they demonstrated the e0n-
trary. Buying for cash and sellingthe
same way for a small profit, ney
studied the needs of the people, catSred
to their wishes and soon emerged ftom
a small "one-horse" concern to Eext
the largest in the town.
For reasons entirely outside Of bEjsi-
ness they finally determined to maze g.
chang nd started ont to leek&fSc- a
location. Many South georgia toe3tns,
Jacksonville and other Florida c$ies
were visited, but none suited then. as
here.
There was not a desirable busiSesS
house to be had-either for sale, or
rent, so they purchased the old Beick
building on Monroe street OccupieS as
law offices by Col Henderson, Sol
Williams and Joseph A EdmOnd&On,
Esq. The price paid was pretty stsep,
To hnS
brick building, and many people freely
remarked: ''That hole in the gre Ind
would remain there for years." - it
will, but over it is already erected SwC,
of the handsomest business houses in,
the city:
One of these is being temporarily
used by the First National Bank, JSltiL
some repairs and improvements cap be
made at its home across the street, Snd
in the other the Duval Brothers are
this week opening a full line of Few
goods. In their advertisement tIslay
they tell the story of what they Aro-
pose to do in their own Language
Their past is guaranty of the fulfill
ment of all their promises. 4
They have been a long time in get
JlLS SldI lCU, UuI " uO lIIdI III IIC IRoHE
way and at the right place reqIireS
time and whole lot of it. They EaVe
started right, and as that is half the
battle in business, their success eere
may be considered assured.
Several new features in carrying OF
a business of this kind will be irSrO-
duced by the Duval Brothers. for
instance, they propose to buy for 6,;sh,
get all the discounts, and sell for Sthe
closest cash margin. This, they say,
has been the secret of their SUCCESS
elsewhere. Every purchaser of pack
age, when he opens it, will find a fOte
from the proprietors asking himN to
report to them personally any dissSis-
faction, if any exist, so that it gan
be rectifed.
See their advertisement on our gth
page.