The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-30
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FIRM Was 10 ]. BE 8. DISSOLVED J. I, !! I! J.
AASi Court. Martial Ordered at Re
quest, ofsC.o>,:lls. Craig 70 Invest.
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3f RALEIGH y =! n CT, December 20. ~ H..
Afford Of & n the firm Of Afford
Bynum and chrlstophers, printers
and bookbinders here, was very dam
gerously if not fatally shot, about noon
to-day BY Raymond D. Bynum, the Junior
member Of the firm. III The shooting took
place In the ONCE Of the company, IN the
presence OF Mr.. Chrlstophers one ball
took effect Ii Affords chest |. and two
Others penetrated his abdomen. Y There
were only the three SHOTS fired. n Bynuma
$then came out 4 OF the office and walked 4
of down Blount street and Is N still 4 at
large. Afford IS seventy years Old, 4 and 4
is9 one OF the most highly res pected cts
liens Of Raleigh, being senior deacon OF 4
sthe First Baptist Church. n @ i34,
$ The firm, OF which tho two men are
lis to BIO dissolved early inathe \
new ear Bynun had been on a. spree
for several weeks and his friends say
The was crazy drunk when he did the
shooting. Afford 81 was n ia liking to him
rather sharply about the way he was
doing and about business matters when
Z Bynunl made as through to strike him.
then drew his revolver and shot him. GsS I'll
rs ]. Fl. Afford died on the. operating table
lat Rex Hospital at 8 10 clock, Just MS the
bullet was being completed Complica-3
lions had set III early III the afternoon
TINT made the operation absolutely neces-
sary. III The ball was found toH have pene
trated the clghtharlb on the right side,
punctured the larger intestine, and lodged
Intthe6tl tissue Of the back. There had been
d slow internal hemorrhaEe 5S IN Raymond
Bynum, who fred the fatal shots, is still
atslarge, and Is believed to have been con
vcyed across the country to some station,
where he boarded n train and byEnow3is
wellEout of the way. 5S u XIII
"a a. buggy IS known to have been sent
to. the suburbs II tho city for him early
linz tho a tternoon. fbt ~ ID S53
${The funeral OF Afford will be held from
tho First Baptist Church Saturday morn
Ing MT NJ 10 @o.c clock. " Inquest will be held
by the coroner tn morrow n1Orn n g. Rs
i5 5 "a A COURT NNARTIAL.
Ed An order was made by jutant-Gen-
$cral Royster, of the North Carolina
Guard for special {court-murtial 1.-THE
request Of C olonel J. . N {. Graf 8, third In
fantry, Reldsyllle, to investigate his con-
$nectIon with the accident Augu I'd. near
BGoldsboro when two, members OF the 4
Il were struck and killed by mn overhead 4
bridge. The troops were returning from
annual encampment IT N1orehead.4 a
@court-n1artial8 some time go censured all
the Officers OF the 4 Third 4 glment. In 4
Fcluding Colonel erals on the ground that
they werc derelict In duty In that they
should have seen to At that men under
them did not ride on top Of cars. Craig
now demands this special investiga ton
as to his connection with the fair Tho
court will sit January 3d.. and will consist
of Colonel t.. II. 4. Balm, Colonel Walker
Taylor and Colonel T. r. Robinson,
Gold sboro. aa sl5 7,. l$ 5s 5ft{
Up 5]s &7l TAR HEEL CLUB.
The Tar Heel Club, Eof Greensboro, wa 8
Chartered to-day for Greensboro Con-
gresham Spencer Blackburn having tit!
teen shares OF stock, and r. G. White, G.
p VI Fraz Ter, II W. r. s4Ragan and IA. f.
tHolton,$ one ca CHI. It has 5000 ca pital.
Il Another charter was to Gray Manufac-I
turing Company, Gastonia, so. 900 cap!-
la, Ito operate cotton mills; fSincorporn-3|
tors. 6 gorge a.. Gray, J & II, Sea parks, g.
j. House. 81 a;s5s 81 III iH6{ s,5 -
5A5NV.$J j. Reaves Manufacturing Compa ny,
Wilmington. capital 5000. to operate
wood working plant; 38W. ] land r. n \
Rcaves and J. NJ. Bunting are inco rporn-
tors Another charter was to- the a.. II
e. denomination, U. n s. Al; pri1 cipal Of
flee in yNinston-salen having forgits
purpose the uniting OF all the churches,
missions, schools and other work OF the
EA., NJ. T.. X minatlon. The principal
incorporation Bishop G, w. lien OK. III
sS il SCI OF WHILE 4 HUNT Nti. n
% Bunnie r. sMangun,, a young Will man,
was accidentally. shot and Instantly kill
cd while hunting X In Barton'sI Creex
township, near Raleigh, last evening by
his brother n-law,} spurgean Bailey. The
DECEASED was only married "a bout four
weeks ago. a coyy Of birds had been
flushed s and Bailey had not fired his
gun; and was lowering It from his tshoul-i|
der, ana at the same time unlocking It,
when 1T fired accidentally the entire
load entering Mangumis 55 head. Mr.,
Bailey is almost crazed with grief. II There
were a number Of young men In the
party when the accident occurred. \ y;
The i Raleigh township public school
board has decided to open the Industrial
departments OF the school for persons over
the school age for one hour every ftet-
noon. such pupils TO pay an entrance. fee
or So and then fifty cents "a month,
Masonic Celebration.