The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 02, 1914, Image 2
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.
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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?
Mid ' h-ive !i<>\ i ?? been buried
a !>.? : ? r " ) \ ''i "*;! t'ot - \ v 11 re adhered to
? i- l 1 ;>a\ ' "coi- i a ure.it muslrlar.
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