The age-herald., 1900-08-05
". s. BROWN HAS
 BEEN SUCCESSFUL One of the Pioneer Merchants of
 Birmingham. HE ENJOYS A LARGE TRADE Mir. Brown Game to Birmingham Dur ing His Early Manhood, and Has
 Done Much Toward the Up E building of the City

One of Birminghams pioneer merchants, and a most successful one, enjoying trade in Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Blount, Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties, is MT. w. S. Brown, at 2Ol3 and 2015 Second avenue. In his early manhood, MT. Brown mer- chandised at Elyton. That was long before there was irmingham-although MT. Brown is not yet an old man by any means In partnership with MT William Hood, under the firm name of Hood x Brown, he also carried on successful pusi- ness at Philadelphia, Blount County, in the early seventies, and 1876 the firm opened store on Twentieth street. In 1884 they bought and built the present stand, where Hood & Brown successfully did business until 1882, when the firm dissolved, MT. Hood opening business in another part of the city.
 The store of w. s. Brown is household word, so to speak, throughout Jefferson and all surrounding counties. Occupying two separate apartments, each 25x140 feet, MT. Brown carries an immense stock or dry goods, groceries and general farm sup plies, which he handles at both wholesale and retail While enjoying an excellent re- tail city trade and supplying farm trade with all things needful, MT. Brown has or late years paid special attention to the job ping department, and in this line Is meet ing with eminent success.
 Mir Browns method of doing business is quiet ami conservative. While he is enter 3 prising and a ready helper in all measures of a public nature, he conducts his busi- ness without ostentation; but in manner that wins for him eminent financial suc- cess.
 He employees large corps of faithful and efficient co-workers, most of whom nave .x,ttt h cin ness at the present stand. The extensive acquaintance of these assistants, and their popularity in the city and country, go lar toward bringing success to the business or the house.
 The house of w. S. Brown is one of the strongest mercantile concerns in the State, financially speaking, and It's proprietor Is thus enabled to carry his customers, upon any reasonable basis, under any and all circumstances MT. Browns business achievements and large property holdings, which were won by his own effort, stamp him as a wise counsellor and adviser and his services are always in demand when concert of business brain and action Is needed for the advancement of great in- terests in our midst.
 As director of the First National Bank he has done much to place that great in- stitution upon it's present high plane, and Is still l arge stockholder and director there. Besides this position in our financial community, he holds others of honor and trusts; and never fails in his efforts for the material advancement of those agen- cies which go toward building up Birm- ingham. Being one of the largest tax payers in this city, he is ever interested in It's welfare and growth
 Socially, MT. Brown and his interesting family hold a high position here, and have one of the most beautiful homes in the city It is this class of people to whom birmingham owes her present strength and uture greatness, and MT. Brown sets an Example worthy of emulation by the young }r men among us.
 He is a native of Jefferson County, and vas born rot many years ago upon farm, tvhereon now stands the promising young iEnsley City; and by the way, MT Brown IS still owner of broad acres within sound ,f the whistles and mighty rumbling of the wheels of industry there.