The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-10
iREAT BIG FAIR
 IS NOW ASSURED oest Midway Shows Ever Seen
 in Alabama 3OOO OLD DAN ROBINSON Wonderfully Cheering Reports from All Passenger Aeents---vast Crowds of Eager Visitors Coming to 5irming- bapa-nctohAr 15 to o4 Inclusive,
3OOD OLD DAN ROBINSON

The best Midway" attractions ever seen in Alabama, and among the very best seen any where in America, have been booked by the state fair management
 This aggregation of unsurpassed Mid way" shows will be brought to Birming- ham by the renowned Robinson Amuse- ment company, which was organized by the veteran Gen. Dan R. Robinson, one of the most famous of all showmen of this country; and it is now represented In Birmingham by Samuel Joseph, who was here two years ago as the advance and press agent of Sells Brothers and Forpaughs circus, and who is accounted the most capable expert in his line of work in this country. He is said to be A thorough master of his calling in all it's details.
 It is in the terms of the contract, and MT. Joseph gives bond that it will be strictly observed-yet without bond his word would not be doubted-that every feature of the Robinson company will be of the highest moral class of shows. He said last night:
 Highly Moral Shows.
 "Eyerything our company offers to charm the multitude is absolutely With out even the suggestion of offensive qual- ity to the most fastidious gentlewoman' gentleman. girl or boy.
 "The extraordinary success achieved by the great Robinson Amusement company has been achieved by a strict adherence af fba hfph1X moral class in every community. We of fend no sense of the most delicate decency; we delight all save those who are seeking something suspiciously shady. And we know we could not have secured the big contract from the Alabama State Fair Association had we not been in posi- ton to give them the amplest possible assurance that every feature of our show was morally and artlstically clean.
 No gentleman can hesitate to leave his wife, mother, daughter sweetheart or sister or any lady, to rest herself in the presence of any one of our attractions"
 The Robinson company has it's own band, a musical aggregation of the high est merit which performs exclusively for it's own carnival shows. This will be by no means the least engaging feature of the best midway" shows of the best fair ever held in Alabama
 Great Certainty.
 Yesterday was a great day for the fair since with the bright, crisp. glorious au- tum weather, it brought the manage ment the strongest additional assurance of unexampled success in the all-impor- tant matter of a splendid public enter tainment, and further proof that immense crowds of eager visitors will be brought to Birmingham by all the railroads serving this most progressive and entertaining of all southern cities.
 Cheering Reports.
 Reports from all the passenger agents the livest of all the live workers-were to the effect that the greatest public in- terest in the fair was everywhere mani fest These agents-these enlightened evangelists of good cheer and vast bene- fits-are doing practically unprecedent- ed amount of advertising for the fair. Hundreds of thousands of official post CTS and handbills have been distributed throughout Alabama and the adjoining states.
 And not step behind the railroads in this regard stand the fair management, which have sent out many hundred weight of literature, including huge post CTS, brilliant flags, and the first edition of 25, GOO copies of the State Fair newspaper, highly Illustrated and reciting facts of the great exhibition, which opens next Thursday, October 15. and continues until october 24
 There cannot now be any reasonable doubt that this years fair will be the greatest state fair Alabama has ever had
 It will please all Alabamians to know that l.. H. and w. D. McCurdy, the famous thoroughbred horse breeders of Lowndes county, have entered six splen- did animals for the fair. The races will be the best ever seen here.
 Bobby Walthour.
 Quite perfected are all the details pre- paratory for the big race between Bobby Walthour, the worlds middle distance champion cyclist, and the fastest ten running horses which the Alabama State Fair association have selected, for they wanted only the best runners to meet this cred together ten from Kentucky and St. Louis, string that will be hard to beat The owners of these horses are willing to - - - -