The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-12
ABOUT PROSPEROUS
 BIRMINGHAM PEOPLE
BY PERCY CLARK.


 mingham Is the Highland Pharmacy at the ladies and gentlemen who come there to catch a car. MT. w. H. J 5hason. pro- prietor, is a courteous gentleman al Il takes pleasure in extending the cou.tesles to those who find 1t convenicns 0 stop in. He is a skilled pharmacist of twenty-five years experience and gives particular attention to his prescription business. A few months ago he moved into his new quarters, and has one of the most com pletely appointed establishments m the city.
 The Highland Pharmacy carries a full line of toilet articles and proprietary medicines. All the popular brands of cigars are to be found here. and the mag azines and newspapers. The soda foun- tain supplies the very purest of fountain drinks and this feature the proprietor takes special pride in.
 The special delivery service Is in oper- ation and promptness is guaranteed to the patrons of the Highland Pharmacy.
 In casting about this busy and growing city for men of enterprise and energy, who have gone quietly on and by industry and good judgment have achieved success, I note that Henry P. Tissier of the Blr- mngham Sand and Brick company is an excellent example. l have known him from his youth up. He is a Dallas county "blackbelter." He came to Birmingham some years ago, began the business in which he Is now engaged in, and has met spected citizen of Selma, Ala, who wears 'the bronze badge of bravery of the Southern Confectionery" is the oldest resi- dent of the city of Selma, and has now reached the ripe age of S3 years. All of the associates of his young manhood of sixty years or more have fallen asleep after llfe's battle. Looking back over the years the period covers vast changes in the social conditions. When he came to Selma from France years ago the cav alier days of that splendid agricultural section of Alabama were at their food tide. Then he saw the red tide of war sweep oyer 1t; following close on its re- tiring bayonets, the vultures of recon struction swooped down, and for awhile the erstwhile serf occupied the places of the former master. Then peace and order came, and the fair city. his home, has grown more beautiful and is prospering anon. The lengthening shadows of q well spent life of industry. loyalty and good citizenship in the home of his adoption stretch themselves toward the resting place of those others who learned during life to know his worth.
 When the story of the black belt is writ | Ina mt nral4y min la. men of the COS receive their due reward in it's pages, but those other younger men, who, answering to the call of duty amid very trying conditions, will receive their just dues. Having emancipated their state and section from the blight of Afri- oanism, they will stand forth freed from anay stain. Of such men are the Tisslers. They have in every way done their full duty through all these periods. Mir Charles P. Tissier. the brother of Henry P. Tissler, is the head of the Tis- sier Hardware and Arms company of Selma, which occupies four floors of n large building with one of the largest establishments of its kind In the state.
 Many men from the black belt of Ala bama have come to Birmingham for larger opportunities, and 1t is pleasure to note the success which they have attained. Henry Tissfer came here four years ago and opened up the sand business. He Is very proud to say that he Is a Dallas county boy out of the soil, and that he also sells Dallas county dirt Now, many good things come from Dallas county, and 1t Is very interesting to know among other things the very highest grade of builders and furnace sand From the outskirts of. Selma the Birmingham Sand and Brick company are today hauling from their pits a great amount of the furnace and builders sand used through out this section. In the upper end of Dallas county, near Plantersvile, this company owns the celebrated pits from which has come their No 1 sand This sand, in competition with others, was adopted by the federal government for its work in and about Chattanooga and par ticularly at Chlckamauga park. The time was when the question was asked of what good commercially will the sands of Dal- las ever be? The answer Is well found in this article. and likewise the question was asked, will the soapstone deposits, which wall the Alabama river in Dallas county. ever be of any value? The pro- posed cement works answer that.
 The Birmingham Sand and Brick com pany have a commodious warehouse on Avenue A and Twenty-thlrd street which they have recently erected.
 They also occupy extensive yards for storing the material which they supply to builders and contractors in Birming- ham. They supply all the furnaces in the district the sand they use, direct from the sand pits, and the use of sand in pig Iron manufacture is quite an item. This company are agents for cement of a high grade. and supply large quantities of that to contractors in this section. One of the large items in their business is lime. and they occupy a strong posi- ton in this line by reason of the superior quality of the kilns they deal with.
 The Birmingham Sand and Brick com pany carry large lines of building mate- rial, such as laths, plaster and shingles
 Mir. Tissier. who may be said to be al- most the company itself is a great be- liever in Birmingham dirt. as well as Dallas county sand. and he takes special pleasure in converting one into the other. Whenever he finds that his business will justify, he puts his unoccupied capital in Birmingham property. and as he has grown already with the city's growth in financial way he has an abiding faith in investments fin this section, particu- larly suburban property.