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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.