The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-13
Parne|ee Will Make Two Flights and Motorcycles
 Will Again Compete
DOOM WILL GO UP IN
 AEROPLANE TOMORROW
ParmeIee VIII Carry Local Inventor and Trip Is Expected to Help Him i'm His Work--Programme
 for the Week

Birmingham and Labor Day will be on
 at the Alabama State Fair this morning
 at o'clock It is hailed as the great
 opportunity for the people of Blrming-
 ham, laborer. merchant and capitalist
 to get together in the true spirit of big
 Birmingham and help to make the states
 greatest fair the most successful as well.
 It will require an enormous crowd to
 outstrip the attendance of yesterday.
 which was another record breaker, about
 l5.000 people having passed through the gates and around the grounds in a con- tinual stream.
 But today, with stores, business and wholesale houses, corporation offices and city departments closed, 1t is believed
 that at least 20,Ooo people will join in the | festivities which will, in fact. be the first celebration of Greater Birmingham.
 and the biggest gathering of people of
 the Birmingham district ever planned Mayor Exum and the city fathers, Presf-
 dent A H. Ford and all the members of the Chamber of Commerce, President J. H. Holcombe and the Business Mems | league, President B. H. Cooper and the Board of Trade, as well as all other or ganizations, will take part. Two More Flights Today | Parmelee. the Wright aviator. has promised to make two of his. most sen- sational flights today the first between | Il a. m. and 1:30 p. m. and the other between and 5 D. m. The fair man. agement yielded to the popular demand l for more of the exciting motorcycle races, and have made arrangements with Robert Stubbs and Arthur Mitchell to continue their daredevil riding through the remaining three days of the fair. Purses of s75 for first and s25 for second
 place have been offered for each day,
 and the winner of the weeks motorcycle races will be given a beautiful silver
 trophy. The races will take place as us-
 ual at 3:30 D. m.
 The Destruction of Pompeii. which s
 a most realistic display of pyrotechnics
 in the line of Pains fireworks, will be
 presented every night. and in honor of
 Birmingham Day the managers have
 promised to use even more fire and brim-
 stone tonight than usual.
 Programme for Week | As the interest in the aeroplane flights seems to be supreme, President J. H. | Holcombe has announced the following | programme for the rest of the week,
 which will be carried out. the weather and circumstances permitting. Today: Two flights in which MT. Par
 melee will endeavor to show every stunt | known to the aviator.
 | Tomorrow two flights In the latter | MT. Parmelee will take with him as passenger J. T. Odom, the Birmingham
 man whose efforts to build an airshp
 are well known.
 | Saturday two flights. Just before the | football game MT. Parmelee will race | an automobile around the mile track l It will be strenuous fight between the king of the air and the speed demon of | the earth.
 | In deciding to give to MT. Odom the honor of filling the contract with the Wright company, which was to carry one passenger during the fair. it was thought | that the selection would meet with pop ular approval. It is done In apprecia- ton of MT Odoms efforts, and It is
 thought that 1t might help MT. Odoms in his future attempts to fly.
 Pnrmelee Guest of Railroads The attendants at the State Fair and
 the management are inclined to make an ldoi or AY1atOr t'drnelee. Ills Slrenu- GUS efforts to please In the face of the most unfavorable circumstances have
 won him many friends. His daring flight In wind and rain last week simply to
 let the news get abroad was great help to the fair, and in appreciation the
 association will entertain him at dinner
 at tho Hotel Hillman Monday night. He will be the guest of honor of President Holcombe and the executive committee. The new engine for the aeroplane ar rived at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
 brought all the way from Dayton by
 Mir H. Kent. one of the employees of the
 Wright company. After strenuous work 1t was installed on the machine, and at
 S:30 o'clock ParmeleeS made his first
 flight. The engine was skipping and he lhad to descend immediately, but few
 moments later was upfin the clouds, dip
 ping and diving through the ether
 Though the motor was still skipping, he
 remained in the air 15 minutes. At 4a0 o'clock he again rose on the still air,
 soaring to & height of about 12o0 feet,
 and this time the engine was working perfectly He does not expect any more trouble.
 Afforded Inspiring Scene The machine afforded an inspiring scene as it fioated above the heads of | the throngs with the many colored | clouds banked around the sunset for
 background, and then cut figure eight around the moon.
 | Montgomery county was yesterday awarded first prize for the best county exhibit, and Cullman county drew sec
 ond money. This decision was reached
 late in the afternoon and announced by | Col Reuben F. Kolb. It was also an
 nounced that Mir A. J. Montgomery of
 Jefferson county won the first special prize for the best Jefferson county ex-
 hibit