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Telephone Saved Child's Life One of the children fell into a water tank on an Alabama farm anil was rescued unconscio is and apparently lifeless. The frantic mother rushed to the telephone and called the doctor six miles away. He told her what to do and started at once, but before he arrived the child was out of danger. The protection of women and children is only one of the chief values of the t ' on the farm. Ypu can have this service at small cost. See the nearest Hell Telephone Manager or send a postal tor our free booklet. FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 24 OS. I'RYOK STREET ATLANTA. OA. TO THE PUBLIC I am still in the Drayage business and solicit your work. All orders for Coal and Wood you will kindly give to The Camden Fuel Co., as 1 have sold that part of my business. J. B. ZEMP If you are looking for an investment that is as secure as government bonds, consult me and buy farm lands in Kershaw county and as near Camden as you can get. No crop failures, always ready sales for farm produce. Prices ranging from $10.00 per acre up to $60.00 for the best. If You Are Looking for Tobacco Land 1 Have It. 714 acres level sand hill land, including all farm tools and feed; two pair mules worth $750.00; one new saw mill, engine, boiler and shingle mill, one log cart, one new two horse wagon, 3 good 3 room houses, 75 acres open; plenty of good timber, good stream of water, located twelve miles North of Cam den. four miles east of DeKalb. For quick sale at $10,000,00. Terms 1-3 cash, balance easy. !L C SHAW REAL E.S TATE AGENT REAL ESTATE , SELL Do You Want to , loan BORROW 1 Mi.v I lei). on. LAURENS T. MILLS, CAMDEN. S. C. MARY K. llAMl'ION RoKistcrnl Nur^f All Calls prompt 1} A '- n.l. : Phone 2 3 4 -J. Hoyidonro 1*1 f> ORinphcll Ave Dr E. II . KERRISON DKN'TIST ?o Dr L W A 1st ..11 Offic.' in tin' Mann HutMing Phoijp 1 H."i The Colonel's Pride Ifov/ the Army Itetf illation* Were Adhered to und a OciiiuH Centred ?f?r flu- lia i id ?v A U I 1 1 UK TOWN SI N J> Hit win phi) mii liny musical Instru i im-iil "No" Have no ium*1ohI to Nt?* V'-' "I don't know, I wijh horn and have ! lived nil my life In tin* heart of a for ??si, where no iiiiitiicul bound except tint singing of Iho birds has t'V?r renehed my cars. Kill Mail I I'm vo always dearly loved. Wli.N do you iikU these c|UcSl|l>IIS V" ' "I tcca use II' y<?u could play upon lliu Cornet or I ho Ihigeolet <?r the trout hone you iniglil he permit led to live. Ah II Is, your sonlence will ho curried out, What a pity that you have not Homo foundation for a musical training! I could In a few days coach you so that you might save yourself from being shot." When I he Spa uish war broke out the news ol it reached the Wilderness in Which I lived. Here was a chance to yet oil! of tiie woods and into the world I would enlist for a soldier I would need Ho money. The govern incut would clothe, feed and transport me. and all that would he required of me would he lo hp shut. And if Kiohm who shot at rue missed me and con tinued to miss me till the war was over 1 would he taken cure of till the next war, and if I lived through all the wars till I heeaine an old man 1 would lie laid on tlx* shelf, hut would he slid taken, cure of. This was the explanation given me hy the recruiting ollleer. whom I found after a walk of sixty miles. Not car Inn Id walk hack again and remain out. of the world I aeeeptiMl the condi tions to remain in the world till some enemy II red a shot that would give the government the host of the bar gain I was put into an Infantry regi ment and an effort was made to kuock some of the "green" out of mo and turn me into a soldier. Hut tin? effort failed. I could not he disciplined and within a week after having heen land ed in' Culm- I struck my captain, was tried for mutiny and sentenced to he shot There ate two '-extremes in war. When an Mirny is not in action there is i i i ton vl i red tape used in girdle' the . world hut when the lea! work begins | there isn't m\ red tape :il all In the j liiivnp ili.it .? enrred after o'ur landing! | while I'iimo a good vnldi'M' la;, dying on I th. Ii.itl Iclielil. I. a niutiiieei- HI wit 1 1 ? uiat-'i ? ' a 1 lever, was utr.ieii into the | house < J : i t'uban farmer and was at i tended I'.s 1 1 1 s datiy,|i|er. one of : hose i dark haired, olive complex jonod lonu eyela~hei| <! leyhtei's of equatorial re j *j;ioiis wIni < .i n't look at a man witlioiit I falling in h \ e wit li him. -> It has rctpiiivd three times the talk j to I el I :i!l I hose .-commonplace facts as the beginning of m\ story It was Ine/, i iliii:/.ah-v. the farmer's daughter and ! tn\ nurse, who regretted my want of | musical training with which 1 might have vi;i \ (>?! my life hy blowing a horn. "A regiment eiieampinl yesterday," she went on: "in a field across the road, and tWo of the men supped here this evening <>ne of them said that his cornet and ld< flageolet had heen killed and his trombone was groanjng under a had wound The colonel was very proud of the regimental hand, and just as soon as the routine of army life n* ? out tneiieed he would notice that the tnitsjc was not up to the mark and there would I to the mischief to pay. The ether suggested that musicians bo obtained from the prisoners who had been captured from the oticm.v The first man answered that lie hadn't thought of it; lie would try. If you were a musician he might put you into i t he band." I lore was a ? h.?iice for life -a ghost ' of a chance, but si ill a chance The only indication that 1 had enough mu j --i>- in me to avail myself of the oppor j f ii it it > was that 1 had loved the songs j of birds. I asked Ine/. to go to the ' i amp. find tie* batnlmaster and tell ' hint there was a man in her home who eould pkiy on an\ i list runient ; that he was ill. but convalescent, and with a ? eiiple of week-' practice would be able i to take his place i u a ba ml. hie, told i lie stor>. and the band s. - ; in or to see hie. W hen 1 told him I was under sentence to be h> v as a oit d is-i-oiira ireil. but said i it i* I w..-a V.r-t ? lass , oriict player lie : ijo i ?? . tin- ? eiotie w i.'i .d have CI ' ? i ' ' 1 1 e : ! ? e [ . ? _ e t : i o 11 1 III l . , a I i 0 1 1 liinu t ha t w ouid si \ ?? uiy ' > ;?*. 1 1 ; i .i | he l> 1 nd lb- wi-i;: a w ay ? at.d in.e ba. k to s ; i \ that he had seen "*>1^; o!ot e: .Mid seined an order delay ing IK.. eXe. Ution till it eould be dis co \ e red w liet !ior I w as a valuable mu se ian 1! so some wa\ of defeating I U s 1 1 * c would be found by which 1 ceiild utili'eii. ("he colonel's pride In the 1 i i:-l rv \< sit. h that he would she ' d I ' 1 1 1 1 : 1 f; !t \ stead it ie. e< ?:irv. oti'\ the arm> ; ego! a t i ? ? i j - must be fa it hf u::.\ adhered to I : I : : i., obi! . ,.,rs- ..???.?? ??..?? t." <?od !.et.?| ;? 'laoge It, t he . ? ? ? ? \ - t ? l I '.of v!,.m||l t ike place S > there I was. a ?! knowing a note et ir.ii-ii-. <i? k i:i l ed and reipi.:*ed to "take i niosi. j:>., of ip\st.|f iiumediatC , l\ . for an;iy situations are not lasting, . and the present "lie was liable to be j .-hanged at any moment. 1 got busy at j 'lice. ?vi;h nn life the spur to drive ii e oji, |ii?if, having tiifcen a lew ie* non* oh (In* pin ii< >, Iiim) itii* wlimwitlial for >1 beuinnlng - Wilt there wuh uo time to put (in nil Instrument ho unlike (In* one I wuh r .'quired to pluy. and J lit!/ borrowed 11 ilute. On this 1 made ii beginning. Ii wuh li?>( (??r for the pur pose i tin n a eorn?t tdunv Ii idimI** le?H IIoIho, mikI (lie I i j < 1 1 1 1 j i ;s i < > r ihtohh the run i.l couldn't lionr me practicing. Written music bothered mo. bill. I iitii.de wonderful prbgroKH. piuyiug wluiteVor cume into iil,\ liifml. I could /i"t rend mimic ni Iriihi <'oii U1 not learn to do ho quickly enough for tin* purpose hut I could improvise. n lid Wllllt lIMtold^hi'd lilt'/ WUH tllllt I roil Id not only "make up" ulrs, i?ut could pluy I lieu i with renin rkuhle fervor. All this developed Vjthin ii tew duyx, n( thy end ot which time the l>:i nd iiiuk ter sent to iearn If I was well enough i to phiy for liiin. I replied that J would he very soon. hut since I hud not touched n- iiiuhIciiI IhHtruinent since the wnr begun I would like to have hlui Hciid uic one on which 1 iiiIkIiI net a little practice before submitting hi ii teHt. ||e Hen I ine ii cornet. Fearing Hint lie would hear my tlrnt efforts :ind l?>ii rn of my ignorance of the iiri t<> which I pretended, I linked I ni'/. to st ulf t lit* cracks in the windows of the room iu which I lay. mid I he ; ??ii ni.\ efforts under the he'd, I made Wit i lie id w* 1 1 \ I < oi i Id in (Ids dlsad !?: ;iy and in (wo days began to pl;;y < n I ' ; e heij !ns!.c|id of ..under it. Y. t':er r v lu inl h.v the Wiiudiiuife u ; ..i t '.i I doii'i t trow, i nt t it I -\rn? no \vo"(! about II ? mi* (n inc. Hut xo fearful wn-' I of l:efra\';-lug Hi\ Wit lit of I: !:ow ledge ni tin> cornet; that I dare l ot hh W a full Id:|s{ Kvery da.i i feared some ? lian^e that would cut short u i \ prepu ra| ion. and it was carried on under the fear that nt any moment the army law might be permitted to take Its course. I was haunted by the expectation of being marched out at any moment, stood up before a tile of soldiers and shot. So lugubrious were my feelings that my playing would have been much better fitted for a funeral march than the popular ails of the day. One morning the bandmaster came to see me and told me that a candidate for cornet player in tin* hand had up m?ared in the personage of a soldier in tin* ranks and. sine?> he must have a mail to till the post as soon as pos sible. unless I was ready to stand a test lie would have the other man transferred to the baud. I begged him to wait a few days that I might get more s| ronv,t h, but he said the colonel ! was liable at : * 1 1 \ lime to notice the deteriorated condition of the band and J if !i ? t'i 1 it '? u'd be impossible t?i toll he v. ;ndd do. This friyhtened me ? ? i1 ! cc'i en'ed to stand t l ia I . i In- iie\ t. aftei^uion he. brought a man to !;ie house where I was lying. Ine/ ? ;>a ? them coming with a cn-net . and, I'.iie as death, ran in to tell me. I was desperate If I submitted to a trial of skill bet-Ween myself and one who was familiar with the instrument I would doubtless v|]((\v my inability as a cor net player: if I refused to submit the man would be appointed- in my place and I would be shot "i.et them come." I exclaimed. "1 ' will blow a blast that will awaken the dead." 1 knew *. li.ii 1 1 1 \ room was no place, lor ft test <)ij a cornet and asked Inez t to hand me my clothes. When tile, bandmaster arrived I was dressing and . sent word to him that I would be out , in a few minute*. Having finished my. j toilet. I muttered a prayer and stag- j gererl out on to a porch, where I drop ped into a chair. The bandmaster told me and my rival that he would take into the baud the better player of the two. and since 1 was weak and the other fellow was strong he would give me the advantage of playing after him. My rival took the cornet carelessly. It did not appear that he was anx ious to get into the band, and he did not make a special effort. He did not need to do so to heat inc. though lie (ltd not kiinv, it lie played a selec tion from the overture to "Zainpji." a favorite | lieee for cornet plnvel's to ! sli i?' I heir skill. He rendered if v ery j .veil, and I i-niild ltd Inn e played it U a! I one ?' i tie i ?? v - ? * 1 1 : 1 e i ! i- . 1 had e.!i;.e.! w.in I! . ^\.eei !!olue. ? I'ak'fy ' ?>;? u ? i,. i j ; )?.<. ndma.s 1 I . 1 ? i ? ? ? ; ? ? ' < - ? n .t v| rung :???!?-? it i an . t Iti ? is display i..j i i ? m > ? c>>"'d ?>n!\ produce. ? el> >d.\ I I ? I i i \ 111! II.! I 111 I he en bin ?>ni'ir I Ut "m n: ? d?\ar mother was 1 . : ! i > ill 1 1' I., ii. ?>' en nut .in the scene >f my r-vj,,-, i,. | ,.N.., ;)t i, ... There were I at ft 1 1 ? ? " ? - . : ? i : t eai Ii note was ex ! Ci i \ e . ? f hi. depth ill fee I i lit:. Per sons wlin were passim; stopped to listen I played the air through once, and all were absorbed. I played it a second time. and their eyes were wet. The third time every one within hear ing was weeping. "That's enough." said the bandmas ter; "you're my man." "Hold." I said; "the secret must come out in time; 1 can't play a note. I have simplv learned this in the vain hope of saving my life;" "1 don't care if you can't play the scale: there's more music in you than in my whole hand - I'll make a musi cian of you. and when T do you'll be a wonder." Inez's tears gushed afresh, and she clasped nie in her arms My execution whs get round in this way. A requisition was made on the 'Jum rterjnaster for a coffin. It was in dorsed. "No coffin in in\ possession." The requisition having been referred to the colonel, he issued a special order that I wms to I e released from arrest till a coffin <n i ; id t.c procured in which t.? hur\ tin Tie- ? .(Tin w ;is never pn? 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