Show Today A HE BILLION HE LAUGHED WHO WHO IS THE RICHEST WHEN GABRIEL BLOWS BLOWS- BLOWS ATLANTA ATLANTA NTA TRIED IT By ARTHUR BRISBANE NE Copyright ht 1927 1921 By fly Star Co Mr Mr Hawkins once chief Ford salesman says Mr Dupont told him that General Motors could never beat seat the tho Henry Ford Co CoFord Ford says anybody can beat the theFord theFord Ford Forel company It if he ho can sell a abettor better car Clr for or the same price or oras oras orns as good a car for tor or a smaller price It is his business to see see that no one does either Big Americans are bashful about the title billionaire There is supposed supposed to be a prejudice lI against the man w with h a billion although it Is foolish It if the bil- bil billion billion bil billion lion has been earned honestly in a manner useful to the pub pub- public lic lie The head man in Hornblower and Weeks showed shoed that one American could be a billionaire billionaire lre If itlie lie he to He had twice of- of offered offered ot Henry Ford mi a billion dollars dol- dol lars Jars for or hi hii company ln But Her Hell Herry ry Ford had bad just laughed and his son On Edsel Ethel B B Ford had bad replied re replied plied Nothing doing Many prefer preter an interesting bus bus- busIness business iness mess to a II lot ot of money A Pitts- Pitts Pittsburg Pittsburg burg Pitts-burg burg slee steel man sal said I once offered Ir 1 Mr Mellon now secretary secre secretary tary of o the treasury seventy million dollars cash tor for or one of othis his properties His rep reply Was Its a good price but I dont don't o donti-o- care came to be bothered reinvesting 1 I seventy million dollars No 1 thanks Who Is the richest amon among the themen themen themen men that have piled plied UP UD millions In this country Is it Mr Rocke- Rocke Rockefeller Rocke-fellen Rocke felter feller with billions billion or of o barrels of oil under ground he ground he has bas no Idea bios how many antI many and the worlds world's most wonderful business organization above ground Is It Ford with his hun hundred millions a year profit prom gigantic antic plants and a brain full ull of Indus indus- industrial Industrial trial ideas or Is It some little littleman littleman littleman man of whom nobody has henr beard hatching a thought destined to be worth more than all the automo automo- automobiles biles bibs and all the oil oil I IIII Mr III Sinclair Lewis author of several books hooks once from rom a west west- western western em ern pulpit challenged God Cod to strike him dead with lightning Divine Providence perhaps ha- ha haing hav having ing more Important things to at- at attend at attend tend to Ignored the challenge Now Mr Lewis writing a nov nor noel norel novel el to expose and attack clergy clergy- cler clergymen y men soon reminds you ot of o the tIle little littleboy littleboy- littleboy boy who say my prayers last night I Aint going to say them tonight and then If It noth noth- nothing noth- noth nothing nothing ing happens Ill I'll never say them Mr fl Lewis novel about the Rev Dr Gantry begins Elmer Gantry was drunk It If Mr MI Lewis Isn't struck by lightning this time he may con eon conclude dude clude that Providence Is afraid of him Then what a II surprise when Gabriels Gabriel's horn blows and Everybody get up rings over the e earth rth Albert Grossman New ew York legislator wants the state to em em- employ employ ploy a first class advertising agent to advertise the state and indi individual vidual cities Wide awake cities have done It ItIn Itin Itin In 1926 Atlanta citizens in four our days das subscribed to let the world know lenow that Atlanta has everything e any other city has and roan many things besides In 1925 Atlanta subscribed for advertising ad which brought new payrolls payrolls amounting to a year and ten thousand new citizens to Atlanta Last years year's subscription of ot a million dollars brought from rom out out- outside outside outside side states new business con COD concerns cerns with with payrolls amounting to a year More than nationally known concerns manu manu- manufacture manufacture manufacture facture and distribute in n and Atlanta If It any city wants information about Atlanta's experience write to Ivan han Allen Alien chairman ot of the Forward Atlanta commission The South doesn't propose to be dis dis- dis discouraged discouraged or injured by the drop in cotton Professor ProCessor tells Ger Ger- German Ger- Ger German German man doctors that 40 per cent of consumptives are cured entirely and another 40 O per cent returned to useful work by surgical op- op operations op operations era lions on the tho lungs cutting out lung patches infected by tuberculosis tuberculosis losis The idea is not new Several years rears ago ago this writer saw such an operation performed by Dr Carrel the great French surg surg- surgeon surg- surg surgeon surgeon eon at t the Rockefeller Institute in the presence of ot John I D Rocke Rocke- Rockefeller COller teller feller Jr The operation was performed on a dog Air All under high pressure was into the lungs of o the dog to prevent collapse of o the lung cells clIs which thich naturally would be caused I by atmospheric pressure on opening the lung cavity The operation was perfectly Successful the dog never knew what happened felt no pain Dr Carrel Carre so far lar as ag known has not Mt yet decided to perform time the operation opera lion on human beings being It II appeared to lx e simple took only two or three throe minutes and less than on nn ounce of blood wa was iott i That well advertised slump In Wall Wail street and ond prosperity does not materialize Optimists recently bought nearly shares Common stock or of o the Rock Hock Island road rOnd once as valti- valti valuable able ablo as cigar store coupon coupons wont wonton a 1 five Ive pel per cent dividend has Is Wheeling and Lak Iak Erie Irle J for tor 2 a hare thare a few lew we-hs we ago closed above 68 I Nice chances for tor or profitable Investment In Investment vestment here bore in the Iho lie United States But lInt dont don't gamble That wilt ruin anybody but the insl insider lIr I and he lie never Gambles |