The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
WOODMEN TOAOLD
BIG ENCAhP MENT
Starts at Hendersonville TO-DAY
and Will Continue Through
out Week.
[ speclal o rhe rimes.pIsnatch.

Especial TO Tho Times -Dispatch1
Asheville. y. c., August 25-Wood
mon of the World representing camps
In the States of Virginia. North Caro-
lima, West Virginia and the District
OF Columbia. will attend tho Uniform
Rank encampment. district No. Z, which
starts at Hendersonyillc tomorrow
and VIII last the entire week The
cncampmcnt will he held at Laurel
I Park. at which scores or tents have
already been erected for the accom-
notation of the visiting Woodmen.
and preparations have been made for
I tile entertainment of 5000 visitors.
state Manager f. 3 Lewis has been at
liendersonvillc for several DAYS. max
ing preparations for the coming event.
an" ne VIII remain there throughout
the time Of the encampment
Officers will be present from every
company i'm the four states. and all
drills Will be conducted under the
official rules and regulations govern
me UNIFORM rank cncampmcnts. Eight
/ or more prizes for proficiency IN drill
Ing viii be awarded and the companies
which Win the first two prizes viii be
entitled TO trips to the national en-
caInpment with nil expenses paid
A landmark of this city viii pass
when the building covering the block
on College street. between Market and
Spruce Streets. IS RACED. the tSviding
Inspector having recently condemned
the structure and ordered that 1t be
torn down Immediately. as IN his opin-
ion 1t is unsafe. unsanitnry and beyond
repair The building Is within q
stones throw OF tho city Hall and the
public square. IS very near some OF the
city's handsomest structures and is
opposite the First Baptist Church II
has been an eyesore for years and has
been Standing for a quarter OF a cen
Jury. At the present time II is being
used a livery stable and within the
past few years II has been used BY
various firms ana establishments.
During tho past Week horse shows
have been held at Hcndcrsonville and
this city. and many visitors from vari-
Gus parts OF the South have been In
attendance. South Carolina and Geor-
gla We're unusually well represented.
and Kentucky sent a large number of
admirers Of horscnesh 20 the SHOWS.
The premiums were large. and both
shows were highly successful The
local SOW was p,ivon under the auspices
OF the Interstate Horse Snow Assocla-
tion and was novel in that the per-
formancos were given at night. hun
dreds OF electric lights having been
placed about tie race track the asso-
citation is conte WplatinE the erection OF
hippolromc on tho old Kenilw rth
Inn property for giving frequent shows
In the future.
case OF importance 70 be tried at
the coming term OF the Superior Court
AT Marshall. Madison County y c.. Is
that charging the wife OF John Hamlin
with poisoning her husband Hamlin
died few weeks ago. and his wife was
arrested a short time after charged
with bringing about his death IT IS
learned on reliable authority that the
stomach of the dead man has been e1-
aminel by W. A. Withers. professor OF
chemistry at tile North Carolina coll
lege Of Agriculture and Mechanical
Arts, ana that tho report OF the chem
arsenic were found IN tho stomach.
The state Will contend that tho poison
was administered by the prisoner and
Will cndeavor to show thnt She pur-
chased arsenic a few days before the
death OF Iiamln from a nearby drug
store The prisoner maintains that she
is Innocent OF the charge which has
been preferred against her
Catalogues Of the Western North
Carolina and Jackson County Fairs
have been issued and are being dis
trlbuted In this section OF the state
The former Will be held at Ashcvilie
October s. 2. 10 and IL, and the Jack
son County Fair Will be held al sylvia
September %. 20 and %