The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
MAKE BOOKINGS
FOR STATE FAIR
Southern Secretaries Had Meet
ing Yesterday
NOVEL ATTRACTIONS
ATTRACTIONS
NOVEL
Fireworks Display Will BE One of the
Free Features at Birmingham
This Year-Plans for the
Big Show

AT the meeting of the Southern Fair
Secretaries, held at the office of the Bus
mess Mems league yesterday, at which
were present in person or by proxy rep
resentatives from Nashville, Memphis.
Birmingham and Montgomery fairs, much
business bearing directly on the big State
Fair to be held at Birmingham next Oc-
tober was accomplished.
The Aurpose of the association of the
different fairs is mainly that of cooper
alton in booking attractions, securing con-
cessions and arranging racing purses. The
racing purses were agreed upon at a
meeting held at Nashville some time ago.
The band. which will play at Nashville,
Memphis and Birmingham, was also con-
tracted for by all three fairs at recent
date.
Yesterday arrangements were made to
put on the Paine spectacular fireworks
display at Birmingham, Memphis and
Nashville This spectacular production,
which will carry with 1t cast OF over
100 people, is considered one of the finest
things in pyrotechnics and will be most
splendid attraction for the next State
Fair The majority of the big fairs of the
country make an extra charge for this
attraction which is usually shown in a
high-fenced or curtained Enclosure. 1t is
the intention of the Alabama State Fair
association to put 1t on at our big State
Fair this year as an absolutely free at
traction in fact ii is the policy of the
State Fair management to have one gate
admission to pay for all the attractions
other than those usually found on the
midway. II is believed that the public
appreciates this policy, and the splendid
pyrotechnic spectacular of the destruction
of Pompeii. mentioned above, is ex-
pected to draw a very large attendance at
! the fair this year.
| Contract was also made with the United
Fairs Booking association, through E. F.
| Carruthers, agent for a splendid midway,
embracing about 20 of the best shows. The
| fair association has tabooed snake-charm-
ers, snake-eaters and Freaks also the So
called Oriental shows, and has insisted
on, and will have. only real, attractive,
clean and moral shows on the midway. 1t
is also assured that each show on the
midway will be worth the price of admis-
sion. Some of them will embrace late Eu-
ropean novelties, and the fair association
feels much gratified over making such
splendid contract for its midway this
| year.
| The free attractions which have been
booked will undoubtedly be the best ever
shown at a state fair in the south. Eight
| free acts have been engaged, each one a
thriller and high price attraction. The
acts vary from comedy acrobatic per-
formances, trained animals, Japanese
troupes, sensational jugglers. slack wire
and slide for life. the human butterflies.
this last being one of the greatest SEN
sations of the fair circuit this year and
real, genuine nerve thriller-'1ooping
the loop without loop" This last act
calls for paraphernalia so feet high and
| about 100 feet long. ss
| The Fair association is being congratu-
ments for the fair and on the fact it has
taken hold of the preliminary arrange
ments for the fair on the fact 1t has
so early In the season booked some of
the very best acts that can be secured
this year. 1t is expected that the above
mentioned features will be added to later
on, with possibly an aeroplane or some
other aerial attraction.
The following are the officers of the
Fair association: j. II, Holcombe, pres
dent; George d. Reynolds, vice president;
Bert Jacobs. treasurer; F. P. Chaffee,
| secretary.
Executive committee-John L. Parker.
chairman: A. H. Ford, c. w. Ufford,
Colman Blach, NJ. V. Joseph, Sol Caheen.
George McCleery. M -
Finance committee-M. V. Joseph, chair
man; George A. Blinn, l.. Pizitz, A. II.
Ford. G. B. McVay, John l.. Kaul, Robert
Jemison. Jr., Culpepper Exum. r. M.
Goodall, ]. Burger. Eugene Flies.