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MAC m—"— C mmma a , A J E? jl j ^ - SIACON. GA.. SUNDAY HORNING. SEPTEMBER 23. 1894-TWELVE PAGES. Dully. 47.00 a Year. HlutfW C«i»y,£5 Cent*. GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! The Lillie 25c. Show Sguirms Uunder the Pressure and Assumes the Roll of the “Artful Dodger.” (But as we have said Mart,' a 35 cent show, not matter where you find It. The Sells Brothers Have a 25-Cent Show Which they have exhibited in the North all the season at 25 cento, and even no to Louisville anti other Kentucky towns, they never thought of asklngr over 25 cent** tt> see it; but 'when they got further South they Just Doubled the Price of Admission. And then with false representation ar.d evil intent -brazenly advertised "re* duced prices." Who ever heard of reducing prices from 25, to 50 cents? When openly, truthfully and rightfully sho.vn up in their true Colors they do "the crying act" to the very people wh'om they set out to dupe! Ye gods, what nerve! But they did not tell you that they, thoimelvey. \jere really ashamed of the imposition they were about to and have imposed fup’.m the Southern people, and even with their custom ary bold-faced methods <Jr charging 50 cents for a 25 cepta show, they lacked the moral courage to confront the newspa pers with any evidence w their style of double dealing, and. as wo are pre pared to prove, they took all of their copy far advertisements and newspaper notices t*o a Job ofllce in Nashville, h i 1 the matter reset, price* raised from 25 cents to GO cents, simply because they were ftsha-nied to lo »k an bon€*t editor In the face urd contract for an adver-tteemeat with the price "reduced" (?) from*25 to 50 cents. It took more nerveto m;/t a newspaper man fud? to face than It did to gull the Southern people through paid mlverjluemerits. Again this self same little 25 cent shov/, (with the price doubled for the South) makes a festble attempt tt> cower up its trickery tiyj publishing extracts from Home of the Louisville, Ky., papers where It exhibited at 25 cents and wan looked upon as a 25 cent show, but these "Artful Dicers” studlously und mali ciously concealed the fact that their little 25 cent show was crltlclsdfl simply as 25 cent show, and they also failed to republish nil the noUftvc they received In Louisville, therefore we subjoin one which seemed to iwcaiis* their argues eyes. Here Ills word for word, letter for letter, taken from the LoulavUle Sunday Truth. October 9th. 1894. "Everybody knows of Barnum & Bailey’s big show*, and every man, wo- . man and child In the land lo aware that the bradc-murk ‘Greatest Show on Earth,’ belongs to these shows, yet her e we have a very iniforl-or circus run by Selte Brothers stealing that title and using It as their own. thei’etby etidedvbring • To Hoodwink a Few People; There Is No Comparison whatever between the Sells Brothers clrctsa which showed herfl Fri day and yesterday, and the Barnum & Bailey shows, which are to appear here on October 1. The latter constitutes what fci r»all.v the ‘greatest show on earth.’ while tho Sells Brothers’ affair doew not come In the same class. It is a fake and a presumption on the part of the Sells people (o use the. title spoken bf. Stealing other people’s braliifl and copying after them will always in- the ei.d receive the proper reward, and Sells Brothers cannot continue to hoodwink people. That 23 cent gag Is another fake. There were scats at tho extreme end of the tent staked off at 25 cents and when they were filled people had tb pay 50 cent^ for the choice seals or stand up. But while this!25 cent, dodge is prac ticed here, the Sells Brothers are careful 'to charge nothljig loss than GO cents through tlm South after leaving here. At least, that U the price advertised. If the show Is only worth 25 cents in Louisville why shoulfl Nashville people bo compelled to pay 50 cents? A first-class circus never practices such fakes on Fitting the 5outh at increased ppi(»e o? admission. *f £ hepe is only one great and inimitably show in the twopld, and that is ftaprium Sj Qaile^’s. INCREASED IN EVERY WAY, Except in the Price of Admission. Larger Canvas and Larger Menagerie. More Trained Animals, more Horses, more Men, more Novelties, a greater number of acts and better ones than ever before. Curious liilman beings with queer re ligious and eeraaionSas, Pagans, Moni tors, Heathen, Mohammedans, canni bals, Vlslmus, Buddhists, Confuclnns, Hindoos, Christiana and Amazons, whole families’ of savage people with their lmts, weapons, impl * mails, musi cal instruments; rites, cerdmonle*, dances and games., TWO MENAGERIES Baby Lions, t Baby Kangaroos, . Trained Auimaf Exhibition. Two Herds of Elephants 400 Superb Horses, ' 60 Cages of Beasts, 1,000 Wonderful Sights. THE ONLY “BIG” SHOW Larger canvas, larger menagerie, more trained animals, more horses, more moil, more novelties, a greater number of acta and better ones than ever be fore. Only Living Giant Gorilla The perfect Image of humah beings with long, powerful arms, hands Ilka ours, intelligent faces, and all the or gans of speech, as Intellectual as some human belng3, and with greater rea soning powers. And so like mankind sin every respect as to set the world '-speculating us to whether they have a future state. THE ONLY PERIPATETIC MIDWAY FLAJSANCB. tWSWWl, % GPAWLYEXECun- '“& 0 ' FEMKVHMKtJ % Admission to all, 50c,; Children under 9 years, 25c. Reserved seat, at regular price and admission tickets at usual alight ad vance at Burr Brown's Boot Store, 5«5 Mulberry street NEW MILLION DOLAR STREET PARADE. Representing the miens of the world, mllttajry uniforms of all nations, Arabian Nights Tales and Nursery Rhymes at 9 a. m. on day of show. STMTIRM -»iU3DfxE^IBn;i0rl<>.SA/AeK'WlLDBEASTS-«^D0MESTICANIMAlS EXEMPHFY1N6 THE DIVINE DECREE THAT THE IIOK-nt UvBSHathCD0WT()6ETH£ff lowest excursion rates on all railroads to all point, on the big show’s great Southern tour. Montgomery October 6. Macon October 8. Americas October 9, Savannah Oc tober 10. Charleston October It, Augusta October II. Athena October 13. Attauta October 15. Next in line theso wily 23 cent showmen (with miens "reduced'' to SO cents) are foolish enough to even hint at "dead men's names,, "gorgeous spectacle,” ''ethnological con grease*,” etc., etc., when It in well known to every man, wo man and child on the civilized globe that whun P. T. Barnum died he left the RICHEST LEGACY EVER HANDED DOWN to the AMUSEMENT WORLD, And that hie will specified that the "greatent show bn earth" should never grow leai, and a princely fortune was set aside to perpetuate Its grandeur for ever, and this tremendous exhibition will be carried down toiweterlty as the “Nation’s Largest. Grandest, Rest Amusement Institution.” Without a rival, without qfelemUh, without a "false promise" or a "fake feat ure. Everybody know* It* Wmest, reliable reputation to well words cannot add to Its universal praise, "nor custom stale Its Infinite variety.” THEY KNOW that everything about It Is honest, eim-st and faultless. THEY KNOW games of chance, ."faking” and all dlsreputoiblo artlDccs are never permitted within Its jurlsllctfon, THEY KNOW that every feature advertised twill be presented. THEY KNOW their Interest* will be nrotectcd. and when little IS cent shown attempt to doiAlo the price of admission and practice other Impositions they will be exposed. THEY KNOW that the Barnum & Balky show to so far Above all others that rivalry to ont of the question and comparison an absurdity. IT 13 TRUE other shows copy our bills, steal our title and try to hoodwink the public with a "show on paper.” but this t$ ns near an they ever eopie to the original, as they cannot stand the expense of Ob- ' tabling or presenting a single feature. IT IS TRUE the Barnum A Bailey allow Is tho only show that Will glye the Southern people a square deal ami exhibit at GO Cents—North and South—GO cents. AND IT IS TRUE that the Barnum & Bailey show always has and always will protect the amusemen'.-golng public in every land umler the sun against all miirepruentatlon, kmvery, "double dealing" and high handed imposition. MACON NOT UNTIL MONDAY, OCTo'BER 8TH. 50 CENTS PRICES THE SAME NORTH AND SOUTH CHILDREN UNDER NINE YEARS 25 CENTS THREE CIRCUSES 300 Skilled Artists, 10 Epuculrlonil, GO Skilled Acrobults, , 20 Funny Clowns, - ' 100 Circus Acts. More For the Money 3 Circus Oomiumlc* In 3 rings. 2 HentlftriO* of Wild and Trained; Iteiusts. 2 fsievtuod Stage* for Olympian Cameo t World's Full' of Modern Mttrvels, 1 Hippodrome, with till kinds of Race*, l Mammolll •'Museum teeming with Wonders. 1 Horse Fair, wllW actually 400 Hones, r. Adverttamg Curs. 1211 Agents. to (lores of waitymwif Tents, \ 11-1(1) CO detts of Wild Itensts. i'l* I 20 Pantomimic clowns. | 20 Animal Actors, 20 Exciting Races, - 1 100 Circus Aots, 300 Circus Performers, GO AwtiJIst*. GO Jockeys untl Riders, 2 Hcrdn of Elephants, 2 Droves of Cam els, ioo Trained Atvlmnls. Twined Onta, Dog*, Pigs, floats, deeso. Storks, Zdhm*, Elephants, Horses, Po nies Deer, I,Ions, Tiger*, Hyunn*, Leo- IM.nls, Panthers, Bears, Wolves, pig. not!*, COLOSSAL OX, 18 1-4 HANDS HIGH. Hftlrie** Mtlne, with not a *lnglo hnlr on It nnywhere, Dwnrf Cuttle, only 8 I tube* high, Diminutive Zebu, 7 laimlt high. Wonderful -null, with 3 Eyes, 3 No*lrtls llnd 3 Horns. Features'Seen in Ho Other Show WAIT FOR THE Grand Ethnological Congross. Subllmo Equestrian Tournament. Johanna, the only Living Gorilla. Comtek Encampment. Trained Animal Exhibition In an Iron Barred Arena.. CO Cagu of Bout*. CO Aerial Artists. 800 Arenlc Performer*. 3 Cirrus Rings. 2 Elevated .Stages. AND 2 Menageries. 100 Circ ns Arts. 400 Superb Horses. 1000 Wonderful Sight*. BAILEY SHOW m Performance! Daily at 2 and 8 p. m.