The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-27
BARNUM 8 BAILEY
CIRCUS IS COMING
Greatest Show On Earth Will
Soon Exhibit in this
Vicinity

Once again glad tidings are
being spread broadcast telling of
the coming of Barnum & Bailey's
circus. The greatest show on
Earth, it is announced, will posi-
lively be exhibited within easy
travelling distance this season
and, as usual. a large percentage
of the population will declare a
holiday to visit the show.
The big circus will exhibit in
JACKSON, on Oct. 18th.
1t is promised that nothing
to compare with the present
Barnum & Bailey performance
has ever before been seen under
canvas. New and novel features
have been imported from abroad
and program of events, thrill
ing, educational and screemingly
funny, will occupy every in
stant, in three rings, four stages.
the liggings above and the hip
podrome surrounding for more
than three hours.
There is a new and gorgeous
pageant entitled, ALADDIN and
His Wonderful Lamp" in which
nearly 1,400 persons and one
thousand animals appear in mag
nificent costumes rivaling the
the dress of the people of the
famous "Arabian Nights" story.
This will be followed by a host
of acts in all parts of the great
enclosure. There will be sixty
clowns, a greatly increased
menagerie of wild and untamed
animals, four great heards of
elephants, several caravans of
camels and many recently born
baby animals.
I The free street parade, which
will start from the circus lot at
10 o'clock on the morning of
circus day, is entirely different
from anything of the kind ever
shown before. 1t will be three
miles in length and there will be
bands on foot, on horseback.
and riding on top of wagons of
red and gold. There will be six
in all and they will be assisted
three steam calliopes and an
electric piano.
With the largest tent in the
history of all circuses, the
Barnum & Bailey circus prom
ises this season to make good
again its boast that il is the
greatest show on earth. Five
railroad trains comprising SO
railroad cars, will be required to
transport its paraphernalia, and
more than $50 horses will be used
to transfer its wagons from the
railroad yards to the show lst.
w. D. Owen
Southern Engine & Boiler Works.
SALE OF SAW MILL MACHINERY
At the September term of chancery
court of Rankin county, Mississippi,
1917, there was made and entered in
the suit of w. d. Owen VS. Southern
Engine & Boiler Works, number 229O,
the courts decree. subjecting certain
machinery named in said decree to
complainant's claim against the said
Southern Engine & Boiler works and
appointing S. D. Donnell, sheriff of
Rankin County special commissioner
| to make sale of the said property
after three weeks notice by publication
in a news paper published in said
county, in front of the court house at
Brandon, Mississippi;
Therefore. /, Scott D. Donnell, sher-
lift, will at Brandon, Mississippi, in
front of the court house door, during
legal hours, on the 10th day of October
1917, offer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder for cash, one engine and
boiler and one saw mill complete, being
the same engine and boiler and the
same saw mill shipped to w. ID. Owen
by the said Southern Engine & Boiler
Works, and the same machinery named
in the said decree.
will convey to the purchaser such
title as is vested in me as aforesaid.
This 9th day of September, 1917.
SC0TT d. DoNNELL, Sheriff,