The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06
SPOTSYLVANIA COURT
Small Crowd In Attsndance-The
Road Question.
MR. Y. A. CARRIERS NEW HOTEL
Trial Of Rev. Hobbs Set For January l5th-fine
Lemon Iree-Handsome Bride.

There was hardly "a corporal guard
AT Spot-ylvania {. ii. MONDAY When
.Iudge Mason opened court, and there
we're INT "A lew more At any time oil Tue
dov LAWYERS were much in evidence
and those attending were Messrs. A. 7.
Embrey. Is. 7. Willis. q Il. swift, red
,rick W. Coleman, ". ID. Carterhnd I. ~.
Foster OF this city; Lee j. Graves, /.
Stokelry Coleman.and ;. Peter Powell
/ Of Spoisylvania.
The fines since last term amount to
Geo p Faulkner and wife adopted
Willie Nash Foster, aud had name
changed To Willie Foster Faulkner. At
torney b +. Willis presented petition.
Tn.re we're no cA-es tried and the lirst
49,, fnr Tuesday was that of T. Is Quest
q. fredericksburg Water Power 70.
+ The case of Russell ". cry oi feueI''As
/ burs was also set Tor 'Gue-dny.
The lIistorh Hotel, II. \. tarnrr' pro
pr,etnr. whrh burned down, has been
reula,rd with "A most htiihc'lNe builhl' r.
/ rhe symmefry of the old hutidlug has
nnt he.u d4.troyrJ. AZ the new one Lac
he..n built within tho old walls ana the
nllars have been restored. The rooms
are large. airy aud well Yfnu.ulfd VIII
nl,nty ui hight. 4 wide front poich mas
beeen built along thr rntlie front "l thr
second STORY under coSrr Of the ruoi ana
il "A very attractive place. Mr Gamer
deserves credit Tor them roNtlnthls'hhd
We wish him success
The road question received a setback
last Thursday, when at the meeting II
failed 20 receive a majority OF votes from
the B0url of Supervisors requesting thr
Judge to order an election Tor vote on
bond issue 10 improve same. MesSrS.
Massey aud Waite voted Tor the MEASURE
but Mr. Maddox va. against H.
Mr. PrndletOn WAS six, tut ~ mas
stated be would have voted iJr the prop
osition ii be- had been present. The al
vucates of the measure are not dirhrarl
ened aud Will go at 1t again Inter u
develops that the upper end "i the fnuh.
tv will not vote Tor fbc measure ~ now
contemplated and hot hght vii rn>ue
/ IN il submitted "a the people
II WAS brought ont Monday that there
an. TWO factions in Mount OIiye chuich,
in the county: that difficulty occurred
aud Alex iggle-worth charged Rev A.
Hobbe. Of Richmond who Is pastor
lth'threatrning his lie AID had the
preacher lodged IN itli at Spotsylvanla
SATURDAY. night Hobbs was present,
accompanied by number # the most
prominent colored men of the county,
and "A trial va. gone into before Justices
Blaydcs and Goodioe. Mr. frederrk ".
Coleman. counsel Tor NigglfSWprih. ask
ed that the ease be- transferred % Marle'
in Berkeley district, where tn trouble oc-
CURED. This was opposedhy hr Graves
counsel ior Hobbs. The request OF Mr.
Coleman prevailed and the time az thai
was set for Tuesday. Jan -. AZ Narye
Mr. T. \ Harris has - remarAabI"
lemon tree IL l. thr,cyears old aud has
or il ten lemons. some az which ARE RIPE.
which will average one pound each IL
had on il eleven lemons. but one WAS
knocked ofi 1t certainly curlo-ltN.
Mr MedWin Garner son oi Mt. II \
Garner who lives ~ Twin Brtgr-, ~
Montana. has -rnt % bis brother. y
Everett Garner. IL .olld horse nalr birdie
in several colors. which il ver5 handsome
and work Of art. II was made 10y
celebrated horse thief IN Montana who
wa. captured, convicted and hung.