The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-08-10
WILL BE NOTHING OF 1T.

The Winston Sentinel says in its Sat
urday issue:
A special from Greensboro to the
Washington Star reports that a meeting
has been arranged between EX-DRUMMER
FIFE, the evangelist, and one Of the
members of the SCHENCK family. 1t fur
Their states, as we nave before announced,
that the matter will come before the
next Guilford Court, FIFE having sued
JUDGE SCHENCK civally and for damages.
The matter that was presumed to have
been settled is thus started afresh and
every report is keenly relished by the
public. There i. likely to be trouble in
some way.
THE GLOBES opinion is that there will
be no "meetiug." Such emotional idiOcy
as some correspondents put in motion to
the victims of such rot, should not be
printed. OF course the new is news and
when news belongs to the world should
be printed.
But it will occur to the man who takes
a few moments off to think, that this
idea that blOOd-red and sparkling
b-l-u-u-d should be spilled over men who
differ was a vicious thought and things
MOI belonging to this age of progress
and enlightenment. D
When two gentlemen disagree, it may
be all right to meet in a little friendly
bout cave in each others bat crawl
over the material frame of each other;
gOuge out a few hanks Of manly flesh
and if the cause really demands it, break
a rib or two. Such an adjustment Of a
difficulty which cannot be arbitrated
without war is the only proper code. If
the principals are not equal, physically,
then some friend of the weaker injured
man shold offer himself or his son as a
sacrifice, as did ABRAHAM of old-and
proceed in a hilarious manner to pound
the pea green stuffing out of the other
fellow.
This wonld be more satisfactory all
around. The laws say that dueling is
wrong society says that it is harmful
and no honorable. Apart from that it
involves families; it brings in the inno-
cent to suffer, and no man can afford to
let such things happen.
Men will shOOt-in the height of pas
sion-and regret it always. But there
is no use for the cold and deliberate for
mutation Of a programme that carries
with it the possibilities of leaving a fam
lily of children fatherless and dependent
or a wife and mother a widow.
1t is e~minently right and proper to re-
sent an insult, but the way to do it is
simply to pound the teeth down the fell
lows throat.
1t is eminentlY right and proper, also,
to defend yourself and see to it that no
one takes an undue advantage Of you-t
but the idiOtic, barbarous and absurd
idea of "honor' which the old code pre-
sented, should be dismissed in these DAYS.
FIFE/and SHENCK had their misunder-
standing. The sensible people and all
good people regret the unfortunate &C.
currence, and both of the gentlemen have
too much good sense to engage in a diff
Guilty that only gives scandal mongers a
chance to Wag their dirty tongues.
MIR. FIFE was doubtless hasty in his
r~emarks-he sees that lie was, and, we
believe admitted as much. JUDGE
SCHENCK doubtless regrets the occurrence
and it is to be sincerely hoped that the
matter is through with, and that the
cheap correspondent who wants sensa-
tions will be manly enough to draw the
curtain of silence around the Greensboro
misfortune.
RING OFF AT ONCE.
The fire Saturday night, or rather Sun
day morning-happening at a time when
many people We're asleep, should not have