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"AN HONEST TALE
Spseds Best Being Plainly Told!"
Listen While
SELLS BROTHERS SPEAK
The Biggest Shows on Earth
Wil be ’n This City on
Tuesday the 18th. Tne
Big Poneers of cut
Rates.
To our mauy southern friends
—greeting:
Five years nave roiled arouuu
since lest we met, dying winch
time we have exhibited our im
niense Circus, Menagerie and Hip
- pad route in almost every State and
Territory in the American L aiou.
■ -and in all the colonies in Austra
lia,. and now, upon our return here,
.are are confronted with a uialici
me and libelous attack from an
.alleged rival show that ariegates
> unto itedf alt the merit and mor
ality lying around loose, and not
having sufficient business of its
■3SVU it attemp - s to attend. l» ours,
£lf the people had no memories; if
acuarter of a century of fair deal
ug and ; if a
-record of unbroken promises, sucL
• Mfi has never been known before in
'tfee (show business: if paying
/promptly one hundred cents on
’ the -dollar for twenty five years ; it
■ arery promise fai'hfully perform
<ad for two and one-half decades
• shell not entitle us to the cojfi-
• deuce of the people, then, truly.
•we have lived in vain. We have
i aroused the bitterest opposition
rout other shows, but we
succeeded while they have failed.
We publicly plead guilty to
; having reduced the price of admis
sion in the North and South and
iiave caused other shows to
(follow our example, and now
in their effort to “make a virtue
if necessity,” they lay claim to
’being the originators of low prices.
These showmen, who are so filled
•.Trith .s desire to protect the South
ern people, and are slopping over
with virtue, ought to know that
the Southern people are not so
jgullible as to he misled into be
lieving the alleged interview of a
•“Southern gentleman,”as printed
•ji a hand-bill and circulated ex
dteaeively, is anything other than
i fake of the thinnest sort, and it
’-will not strengthen their cause to
tally alarming extent, under cover
*pf so thin a disguised attempt to
s.lraw in a “Southern gentleman.”
"SFe have had an experience of
/-.■many years among the Southern
f;ae<spse, and believe we know their
- character, and unless we are very
7n'ici; mistaken, Southern gentle
ersteu have a habit of attending
strictly to their own business, and
, »• mid not lend themselves to “rake
t'o c ’ hot chestnuts in a Yankee
.trick.”
.Not content w ith assail ing us in
tprisii and press., they have destroy
faced or covered over our bills
’ln the country, and have proven
f themselves to be “All Honorable
’Veti," as Mark Antony said of the
mwi who murdered Caesar at the
fifeot cf Pompey’s statute.
Poor silly fools, to attempt to
-predjudice the Southern people
.against us,or influence the people
■who will attend Sells Brothers'
<Jre*.test Show ou Earth at Rome
Tuesday Sept 18th.
Did it ever occur to them that
don’t fight pigmies? We are
vnevar afraid of the weak. It is
the strong who sre feared.
We have the largest and best
i ehuw we ever brought South, and
wa *a~ert and challenge contradic
tion that ours is the only big show
thud ■ever came South in itsentire
: tty We have always added to it,
h v vLik other shows invariably cut
i dew. when visiting the South. We
show to the people here
I Jibe finest horses, the richest pa
| aratie, <the best circus, the largest
Ihsnienagtrje, the most thrilling hij -
|&p<Gd>ome races, and the finest and
Ibiggest tents ever seen North or
While other shows have
falling by the wayside Solis
Brothers are Hushed with victory
and in the zenith of success.
IT is TRUE
We hove kept aloof from any
questionable artifices or the intro
duction of “lake features.' We
have never masqueraded in bor
rowed plumes.
We have never hired any man’s
name.
We never exhibited painted ele
phants and claimed they were “sa
cred.”
We have never exhibited a rep
resentation of drunken Pagan or
gies and called it a spectacle.
We have never exhibited hal
breed and half-cast, negroes under
the high-sounding title of “An
Ethnological Congress.”
We have kept. our show
clean, healthy and moral, and it is
patronized by the best people
every where. The refined, good and
pure people North and iSoulh un
derstand this aud do uol hesitate
to take their families. Being heads
of families ounelves and having
children of cur own, we would not
present anything that would offend
ihe most fastidious.
Any persons who sees our outfit
will at once understand why other
shows fear to follow us.
Thus far we have spoken. We
will now let others speak. Yours
truly, SELLS BROTHERS.
The following unsolicited edito
lial from the Louisvi ie Courier
Journal of Sep. 9, amply proves
our assailants have borne false
witness against us
THE C RCUS LEAVES F R OWEN-BORO
After giving four performance
to the largest crowds seen here in
vears. Sells Brothers’ Circus left
last night for Owensboro. Every
thing about the show is clean,
bright, and has been reorganized
and enlarged for the annual South
ern tour. The menagerie contains
the largest and rarest collections
of rare wild beasts in captivity.
The show is all Sells Brothers
c'aim for it, and they will no
doubt do an excellent business in
the South* rn county.
FROM GENERAL TAYLOR, CHIEF OF
POLICE LOUISVILLE KY,
It gives me pleasure to say Sells
Brother’ Show in their magnitude
and surpassing qualities both as to
quantity of valuable properties
and excellence of entertainment
are fully equal to any shows ever
exhibited in Louisville. The crowd
ed tents the past two days, which
have never been seen here before,
are certainly substancial edorse
ment from our citizens of the well
earned popularity of Sells Broth
ers’ Show. It is gratifying to this
department to note the exception
al management which has charac
terized its stay in this city. Yours
truly. THOS. H. TAYLOR,
Chief of Police
Louisville. Ky. Sept. 7th. 1894.
THE ROUTE OF SELLS BROTH ERL ’ ENUR
MOUS UNITED SHOWS.
Chattanooga,. ... Monday, Sept. 17
Rome, Ga , Tuesday, “ 18
Atlanta, Ga Wednesday “ 19
Madison. Ga , ... .Thursday, * 20
Augusta, Gi Friday. “ 21
Milledgeville Ga..... Saturday “ 22
Macon Ga Monday “ 24
Columbus Ga Tuesday “ 25
Montgomery Ala. Wednesday “ 26
Selma Ala. Thursday “ 27
Merridian Miss Friday “ 28
Mobi e Ala: Saturday “ 29
Three-Dollar Watermelons.
United States troops around
Evanston, 111., says the Washing
ton Star, have discovered the iner
■ its of the “Evanston watermelon.”
' This variety of fruit, it may be ex
> plained, brings a price so high that
tt would startle many dealers.
A small one can be sold for sl,
and some of the big ones are so
luscious that they bring as much
as $2 or $3. They are wonderfully
invigorating, too. A real thirsty
man might eat a whole one and
then try to kick the top oft' a flag
pole. He would be in a good fight
ing mood, too.
It may be necessary to explain
that there are some peculiarities
about the “Evanston watermelon”
that are not noticed in others. It
is generally a small affair and does
not seem to be quite as perfect as
these that a man expects to have
THE HUSTLER OF ROME, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER, 16 1894
17 n - f rite i’FY
"fila s film sLa dad imlM.l wsluvfJ j
! v TllE GREATI;>T IN AMUSEMENTS’ " I
fi | 3 F*lf I
\ IHL DA .’ln Gt DftlLtl I
Greatest Show On Earth I
A.T ROME, I
' '■ ef-AYT NOT UNTIL OCTCB I. 311.(1 I
I . ■ Z' ( • V ' - ~’ / :■ ', ‘y/ 3eghiEißg on that day a Grand Triumphant Tour of the Southern States I
; S DS S 0 » SIDE-SHOWS!
<A }■■■• THE Blfi BARNUM & BAILEY SHOW.
Cayltl invested 83.500,004. !)«Uy expenses Only show in I
done ’’bv the l-lo gy. So !N -e Prcl<■»•;>«. No Exaggeration. EVFRv I
J 1 . New Performances, New People I
LWW CONGRESS
Ex-iept in price / GREAT EQUESTRIAN TUERNAMENT. FOX HUNTERS’ MEFT
.. -. r , *- ■' Vs EQUESTRIAN MAY-POLE lUNCE. *
“ WW THREE CHICES (WANES IA THREE KIMS
greater number of acta, and better ones tbun ever belcrc. . . ... „ . ... , , . .
’ ~ A J W» Elevat d Stages, Race Track and Steel-barred Aminal Are—
■SBESS" Iff TRAINEfI ANIMAL EXPOSITION!
Curious Human Being’s with queer religions and ceremonies, Aerobatic, Gymnastic and 1 ambling 1 out aaiuents. Circus, Hippo.
1 aaans, Idoiators. Heathen. Mohamm dans, Cannibals. Vishnusl drom**, Kncing, Aerial, Equestrian, Wild Beast and Domestic
Buddhists. Confuciaus Hindoos. Christians and .’mizoni.whoie ~~ 1 r.imol Ft bihit inn. L
!ami.es»f savage people with their huts, weapons, imnleiueais AUHUUt
nin'von“™7 9 COLLECTiDH OF GIANT AND PIGMY QUADRUPEDS
DID YOU EVER SEli UaAhT G JRLLA, gatherisg of curious creatures fbom all countries,
mi Imm am »»on im " W
Keren the on;y living „o< the wonderful couuterfe.t 20-OF THE FUNNIEST CLOWNS IN THE WORLD-20.
JOllim, Till WHHIiV of COM MW Oiiß PRICES THE SAME NORTH AND SOUTH
Curiosity ever exhibited, and of the utmost interest All.] EVery«here We Take Oui'Entire Big Show.
TWO iItSSXEXAOTIE OrTO0 r TO ANDMXO MASK, f? WQM6.SQCL 'lfiffriw*
Ferocious, wild am' lomesf Avima smin -at on- time Compared with Our» Other Sboi Wcnid Be Dear at Ten Cents.
With 403 Superb Specimens'..ort'.i ltW,>\’. 5 iW*’*’ ■’ '■i ■fcNTk
Giant Ox, 18 hands hig- i Hairless H-.r . 2?warf vatt’e. Steer | ‘ 1
with3c.es, J
TEE mi . . ' : ■ ; '■ ; A A ■ AAAA. >
OBt All, ;/ Z' ZWr
To All Points on Ufr Big Slio.-Li Gr; -I Southt oui . 1" |Z *• A
Bowling Green, October 2; Wu.iwlle, >. a r. ?• CuiumWa, C-cober-1 JIV
Birmingham, October o; Moulg’-rcry, Octo.-er o; .'-I.tusn. Octolver 8- YceZ ’-‘fX 5 'v_. 'J, ’ -
icus, October 9; Augusta, Octobet 1:1; Athens, Qe-ober 13; Atlanta October V Z-?.t' <■- <''< V~ '* I
15; Rome, October 16; Chattanooga^October 27. ' i 'tt A-■ ■' o-r--—v.s |_ «<•«».» *1
■•'-<a3.--icsJL-.tt.liii.— J
so OTS.-NORTH AP’D SOUTH —ADNIISSiON SO OWB. '
WW’ »«w., ■ V » ia,v r. ■■■■■■, I wwawwaa. _ j.K- - m -
” -. ■.■ m raiaiijv, m>awir-. i • - .--xwMnMww—< «. ■■ m » >•» n■ri - ~T
Reserved seats at regular prices, and Admission tickets at usua
advance, at Yeiser’s Drug store, 330 Broad street.
BEWARE OF CHEAP 25CENT SHOWS, PLACING THESOUTH
AT INCREASED PRICES
EJXKTsTTTTvI &> E-A.Tlu'Z’ !
ALONE GIVE THE SAME SHOW ANDTHE
* ~
Same Prices North and South. ’
delivered at his house when he
leaves an order with the grocer or
some other tradesman.
It is sure to be “plugged,” too.
Some men kick when they get a
melon that has been “plugged,”
but there can be no genuine Evan
ston melon that is not. How else
could the whiskey be poured into
it? The “plug” is the trademark,
and none is genuine without it.
Owing to Evanston’s well-known
temperance principles, there has
been a great demand for these
melons. It took the soldiers a few
days to discover the Evanstonian
way of doing business, but after
they found it out plantation ne
groes could not evince a greater
fondness for melons. The melons
in most instances do not contain
the genuine good stuff, but are
filled with the variety known as
“forty rod,” and two drinks are
warranted to make a man feel that
he is somewhere else.
The result has been during the
last day or two that General Miles’
soldiers have spent considerable of
their time in the guardhouse, their
fondness for the Evanston water
melons having either made them
unfit for duty or especially quar
relsome.
Two Fishes on one Hook.
Joel G. Miller, of this place,
placed a number es outlines in the
C calico creek, expecting to have
a fine mess of fish by next morn
ing, and was considerably surprised
when he learned that he had caught
both a snapper and an eel on one
hook.
The eel weighed two po-nnds and
, ha.l evidently been caugh ttirst .The
snapper weighed nine pounds and
had started to make a meal off the
eel, commencing near the head,
which be had almost severed when
. he was caught too. Mr. Miller cap
tured both.
Hines In Wilkes.
Washington, Ga Sep’t. 15, —
Judge Hines spoke here today to a
crowd of 300 people, 200 of whom
were populists representing seven
different counties, No enthusiasm
was manifested, Wilkes county
will go democratic by 2,000 ma
jority.
TO MY FRIENDS aad PATRONS
I have opened up th9 Bim
Vista Hotel, newly furnished and
renovated and am now ready to
accomodate the public at Teas
able prices.
> 9-1 ts Mrs Lou Echols.
——
i Books, slates,tablets
and pencils at Smiths
H. A. Smithsells new
i and second h and
, school books.
i --
> While in Chicago, Mr.C. L. Kahler
, prominent shoe merchant of Des
i Moines, lowa, had quite a serions
■ time of it He took such a severe
cold that he could hardly talk or nav
igate, but the prompt use of Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy cured him
of his cold so quickly that others at
the hotel who bad colds foliowee his
example and half a dozen persons or
dered it from the nearest drug store.
They were profuse in their thanks to
i Mr. Kahler for telling them how to
cure a bad cold so quickly. For sale
by Lowry Bros Druggists.
Kock Ca ndylS cents lb.
Morris
NOTICE!
Having this day sold
my good will in busi
ness Undertaking, Fur
niture & etc., to the Mc-
Donald-Sparks-Ste w
art Co., I bespeaK for
them the liberalpatron
age extended us in the
past knowing that they
merrit the same by their
strict and careful atten
tion to business.
W. A. Rhudy.
Referingto the above
we assure the publ i c
that they can expect o.
us none but the best of
attention and consider
ation in the Undertak
ing departme n t-ou r
success and reputation
in the furniture and
carpet business is too
well known to need any
comment at this timer
soliciting your trade in
all ourdepartments, we
are yours truly,
McDo n a I d-S parks-
Stewart-Co.