The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-30
CARNIVAL NEXT WEEK.
: Johnnie j. Jones Wild Animal Shows
and Carnival Company.

plat" lding a carnival in our city
week. With this intention in
Nv a permit was granted to them
some time ago by. Mayor Langford,
the city council. The date decided on
was November 2. Negotiations were
imnlediatly opened with Johnny J.
Jones Exposition Shows and Trained
Wild Animal Exhibits. After a pro-
longed correspondence with several
other companies, who taking the bull
by the horns sent their agents here
and made all kinds Of flattering Of
fers. But this must be granted to
Messrs. Hardeman and Wherry, the
managers Of the band. They made in
avestigations which terminated in the
engagement Of the above named COM
bany. While mentioning this it would
lot be amiss to describe few Of The
Ittractions with Johnny J. Jones. The
rained Wild Animal Snow is easily
pc feature attraction in which Capt.
urley Wilson for a number Of years
te principal trainer with the Great
pstoek, Sangers Royal English Men
prize, Hagenbeck's Animal Show,
: several of the biggest travelling
pageries in the world performs
IS with lions, tigers, pumas, ja-
IS, leopards, hyenas, panthers,
5, wolves, in fact denizens
be forest who for their ferocity
become famous to do almost
ing. One feat, that Of feeding
raw meat from his lips, put
is head in the lions mouth, af-
6rcing it open, one bite Of whose
would sever his head from his
Ey. Wrestling with him, a stroke
rom whose paws and claws would
fend him limb from limb. Command
ing two of the largest maneating roy
al bengal tigers to perform feats
such as are performed by dogs, whose
weight alone would crush a person to
death, taking wolves, jaguars and
panthers, a group whose antipathy
towards each other is we'll known,
and making them work in one arena,
at one and the same time: It IS certain
! ly a show worth Witnessing. It is an
educational exhibit which every per-
son should see. Another attraction
is Marshall's Old Plantation. This
show has made a record for itself.
Leon W. Marshall, the proprietor, is
a native Of this State, born and rails
ed in Charleston, understands the
kdarkey character, such as very few
others in this professor 10. He
therefore carries the best that money
can buy. The uniform scenery and
stage settings are equal to that Of
any kgh-priced minstrel show. The
performers are all colored and ma
tives Of this State, and nearly all
from our vicinity, who have been edu-
Gated in that line and have developed
"a talent to amuse and entertain to
the heart s content Of visitors to this
ATTRACTION.
New York to the North Pole is an
ATTRACTION never before carried
by any travelling organization. It is
a seenographic reproduction, illus
rating an expedition fitted up by
party of hardy American explorers
TO discover and unveil the mystery Of
the .'North Pole" Every visitor to
his show is carried with them as
hey leave New York harbor, passing
pe battery and the gateway of Man.
attan Isle on to Brooklyn. Through
be ocean amid sunrise, sunset, rain,
all, storm, ice, sleet and snow.
trough Norway, Sweden, Ireland,
e witness them in company of the
Bquimeaux riding on dog-sieds, after
ing lee bound IN the Artic regions.
a,} k*ec~ item in view until t:''s are
St to sight. Planting the Ameri-
p flag l;gh upon the hi::le<: peak
the ice =: ID mounta4.s ! is a
show combining at zee: pleas.
"a d =..teation, s.r:',a ing geo.
t. history, navig -" ''":"rip-
f the habits Of the various peo-
whom he meets on his travels
rom New York to the North Pole.
The Majestic Theatre, the Aztec
Twins, the Fat Lady, the Big Twins
3opp, the Frog Boy, the Electric
Show, King Jumbo, the largest snake
: Pn earth, the penny arcade, ferris
E,heel, merry-go-around and ocean
We need no description. They
ak for themselves. The free acts