Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-01-04
Carriers Column
=, By-W Horace Carter
By-W. Horace Carter
Happy New Year.

ON Christmas night, of all times had find a doctor for
WY son VINO mad complained for three days with the tmmy
Vslng the grandparents in Albemarle and carried
kusty to the Stanly County Hospital hope locating
doctor on the holiday Sunday.
The nurse on duty made comfortable
@ Dr IL L. Murray who had left the hospital only moments
before we arrived He had been holding pretty
much by himself hadn't away from the hospital
ABOUT an hour since the day before
The as promptly as could be expected
the circumstances he returned to emergency
look over the ailing timmy.
After the usual examination and hypodermc Murray
e that another medicine you guess
problems this ncurs night that is also Sunday
AL drug stores were closed.
But Dr. Murray simply stepped telephone to call
conHe.; 20 give MN inc prescription over the phone The
Christmas" ' '' '
We help but admire the doctor who maintained hi,
hunor even though he had worked the around -
Dad, usual, up humor on Christmas Some
OF the family gave him pair of stripped first
thing he said after opening the package now get
vi he chan gang III already have a uniform.
AS the folks gathered around for some holiday Joke
telling, some up with this
1t seems that two DRINKS stopped at
church The station was located
IN e coored section and that all the churches neighb
hood were Negro churche-
One OF the drunk any differ
operator directed
the Negro church. |' u"
The two drunks seat The minister looked
them pretty carefully began his service Soon il
wS e TO take up collection and the plate passed AS the
pockets and came up with $4,000 bills they dropped
The minister asonished, plates were Ut
down on the alter he stood and looked money
then at the audience.
I'VE have with us TODAY am glad
10 say don't know what denomination they do know that
money know they not Methodists Mehod hang
and th MONEY sher than that But from the looks of things
ana te smell OF things believe they WEIISKopaans"
1t seems like the Epsopaans brnt of more o.s
IMAM any other religion perhaps faith Any
now mere was the story OF the fellow college and
ng out his application blank he left space blank where
to G,Is h aE lie was called to the administration office
.What is your relision?" the dean asked.
Then why didn't you write that in the spacc cscro for
your answer on tAe application" the inquired
said Inc space was too short for such long word the
We'll couldn't have just put p in the space?" tho
What, and have everybody thing I'm apscopalian!
People will do funny things when they get scared
c,n rev years ago up near Linconon, N. c.
rausn IRE while funeral was bng preached The little fire
S.ue Inc men went in the church the pastor in
Hue VOC and he calmly an emergency had
aho me church be H asked the back ROWS
me o calmly and for each until the churxh
The people looked at each other widowed b. stood
@ the !S few people in the back out About that
the ceiling see a little baz, b,~nn crack IN
one immediately shouted oh the churchs on fire.
rom there on out every man. woman and child for him
sell They Owed benches over people and down sb
of steps to the ground "'l 00"" i'sH'
Many OF the women after getting remembered their
d t ana hen began fighting their way through the
'o' Vi 'h men folks
Gurn pewS and they up threw them ont, the
taxing SASH window The heavy cast iron s,ovo
the IRE Sl IN 1t chuckcd the window and rokon
" DIS as were the pews and pulpit furniture
anu ilaily after all the
" oIoe te funeral directors carried the casket 70 eay
ieH anna the yelling and crying those with varioe cute
e ana breaks from the fast from
E more !eVcl heads went the and quickly extin
guished the flames. CIV" Pu'Ny e"uh-
anu mus one lat adyS Mysteries ~
uoZetS OF INJURIES hundreds in danagn - tba
the deceased. N -'4ei"i service ior
iou Know mat Texans general think that hcre's iu M
% worth talking about They more LOYALTY 70 ,ber
80 uah most other peope-but that's not the case
Oao' lie Hvcd in Texas years before he was
Inc ana many Of his kin folks there matter Of fact
haa an uncle visit him Canyon Tcxas he
Hduht seen TINS relative for a.
oiSlkc Tor Texas is he gets kick ONT ~
NaS ABOUT their State. He recently TALKING vitb
County. 'e '1i Ills Hoih- IN Stanly
you suppose could do something I'D hero in North
80 hat you could get in road or in bc noni
''''Ia IE {" something? Dad asked the Texas soldier
, hain gwen thiught but I guess could Pr, ,,h,
:" 'ar "UrIa should do tna?' inuqircd the soldier
wei that way you wouldn't have to 20 back to Toxas
lot