The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-04-06
ABOUT FIREMEN.

Mr.. PEYToN SMITH, who subscribes
| himself foreman of Excelsior Fire Com
pany No. /, Durham, seems to have a
great deal to say in this issue Of THE
| DAILY GLOBE.
1t is not the policy of THE GLOBE to
discuss any of the differences between
its correspondents. On the other hand
it has been our policy to let correspon.
dents make statements of fact and have
the whole business go at that.
! Mr.. SMITH attempts in a column to
day to contradict the statements of MR.
| UMsTEAD, and invites a newspaper con
| trOvcrsy. This controversy will never
come to pass.
In the first place, with all due consid-
Grafton for attempts at fiattery, MR.
FAUCETT will say that MACK LYON was
impudent. If he does not say it, then
those who were standing nearer than
Mr.. FAUCETT will say that LYON was
not only impudent, but his mouth became
offensive. At the time that Mr.. Eau
CETT secured the ladder, the LINK prop
erty was, in fact, beyond the hope of
rescue. Being a one story building,
flames were issuing from the east end of
his house, and this comprised the kitchen
and all that was on the east end, and
firemen and all hands admitted that
further work was unnecessary.
There were some ladders placed on the
front porch of the LINK house and the
firemen were making but little Roadway
in extinguishing the flames there
In the road, in front of the building
that was burned, was the truck of the
Excelsior Hook and Ladder company on
which were four or five idle understand
one Of these Mr.. FAUCETT attempted to
carry to the UMsTEAD house.
The ladder was taken from the truck
and this fellow LYON stopped FAUCETT,
and in language which might not to the
negro have been insulting, but was in
sulting to white man, told him to lay
down that ladder, and with threat eau
toned him not to touch it, that they
would have use for it.
Mr.. L. III. SMITH, who writes with a
reckless amount of volubility, and who
did not see the fire, and who knows moth
ing about the fire, should ring off early
in this game
MACK LYON was insulting and he was
impudent, and BOB FAUCETT did wrong
when he gave up the ladder to the negro
who presumed to be the man in posses
sion
What Mr.. INSTEAD wrote, and what
he will write, to the effect that the Dur
lam fire company or companies are sorry
and incompetent, can be and will be
proven anywhere and everywhere you 60
in the city of Durham.
The fire company of this town, both
white and black, is one of those institu-
tons that exists because it believes it has
some authority.
The whole thing being practically vol
unteer, allowing chiefs and other men,
bers to be absent when needed has rem
dered the entire thing farce.
Because of this wretched state of af.
fairs the premium of insurance has in
creased the long sought two thirds
clause has been introduced, and to-day
there is no insurance agent in Durham
who will give you the assurance on your
insurance that you will receive dollar
for dollar.
The GLOBE nor the people of Durham
do not care for the cheap sentiment which
MIR. SMITH attempts to introduce con-
corning the color of his kind. The less
that he says about that the stronger will
be his complaint
II the negroes are dissatisfied let them
phil out