The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
SAD LEAVE TAK|NGS
 WHEN FAIR CLOSED Warm Friendships Formed
 Among Participants EXHIBITORS DEPART nA-
With This Years Great Record Be- fore Them, Officials Say They Intend to Surpass Even This
 Next Year
BY ANGUS A. AGREE. tor of Publicity Alabama Sfnte

Director of Publicity Alabama Stnte
 Fair.
 There is a sadness accompanying the
 breaking up of fair, especially one or the magnitude of the Alabama State Fair
 which closed yesterday afternoon With the conclusion of a sacred concert by Liberatfs Famous Concert band. This tinge of sadness was felt by every man,
 woman and child connected with the fair for the past 10 days. While all were glad that the strain, noise and confusion
 were over, the little regrets that we must
 part with those we knew for only few days permeated each being and created this sadness.
 The Alabama State Fair this year has created ties between those who took part in it which may never be broken.
 Friendships were formed with strangers
 and better likings were formed for one
 another as incidents came up which need
 ed adjustment Therefore, when the time
 for breaking up came. it cannot be denied that there were real regrets.
 Some of the exhibitors packed up their
 goods and moved back to their native heaths Clever Nat Reiss owner of the Midway with his equally clever crowd, waved farewell to the Magic City early Sunday morning, when his long train of cars left over the Atlanta, Birmingham
 and Atlantic railway for Macon, where they will entertain the thousands who visit the Georgia State Fair. The leave- taing at the administrative offices Sat
 urday night by MT Reiss, Jake Finn, his treasurer, and Elmer Douds. his press
 representative, were feeling indeed. The entire lot of free acts. headed by
 E. F. Carruthers, left Sunday for Me-
 ridian where they will participate in the ississippi-Alabama Fair, From there
 they will go to different parts of tho
 globe severally. The Fearless Greggs,
 holder at the Alabama State Fair, leave
 Meridian for El Paso. From there they
 go to Australia. where they will tour the
 continent. Pains fireworks will go to Montgomery.
 A ASignor Alessandro Iiberati whose
 excellent band has delighted the thou
 sands at the Fair, left last night over
 the Queen and Crescent for Boston.
 Mass, where they will fill a four or
 six weeks engagement. In leaving
 S.gnor Liberati said: q have had an
 admirable time here and hope that I
 will be able to come back again. If
 am here next year, I can promise
 even a much better band than l now
 have. l have fallen in love with Bir-
 mingham and hate to leave"
 Aviator George M. Dyott leaves to- morrow morning for the Georgia State fair at Macon. He leaves with the good wishes of every official of the Fair and leaves the impression of q clean, polished, high toned sportsman. It is the extreme regret of the map- agement that Aviator Joseph Steven son met his death at the grounds dur ing the Fair. Condolence in substan- tlal and sentimental way was rendered
 his bereaved widow and sympathy ex- teided the familyA In leaving Birming- ham. Mrs. Stevenson said. q didn't
 know God made such good people, The management of the Fair wishes l to thank every person who has helped
 to make the Fair this year the great est that has ever beeu held in Alabama
 and the south. They promise that next ] year, 1913. the Fair will be held on a much larger scale than ever before. New buildings are to be constructed in l the interim and more room made in every particular. More Inducements will be offered exhibitors than ever before and in fact every possible ar
 rangement that can be will be made for real southern exposition in Bir-
 mingham, Ala.
 The attendance this year has been greater than ever before and the man agement feels in every way that their wishes and hopes have been fulfilled.