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* * * * * * * * * * * -: * * AXEL SKOVGAARD. * * -. * * * * * * * * * Following is a 'it' sketch of Axel Skovgaard, the world's noted violinist. who is to appear in Holland hall March 16: Axel Skovgaard as born in Copen hagen on May 20, 1875. In this in .stance, as so often happens, "coming events cast their shadows before." As by some curious instinct the child from the very first showed how the drift of his nature turned. They tell of him that when he was only three years old the only toys which seemned~ to interest him wer tiny wooden viol ins. Before he was five, happening to lay hands upon some discarded violin strings, he extemporized an instru ment from these and an old cigar box. But the stick which had to do duty for1 a bow was inadequate and his inces sant cry was for a real bow. When ' his nurse bought him one at the mod est outlay of 27 cents he was a musi cian, and before lo.ng was able to play on this primitive apparatus most of the tunes he heaird, to his own great delight and the wondering admiration of the neighbors, who were astounded at his skill. Such an unusual gift demanded rec ognition, so that, as a result, by the time he was six, he had a real little violin and was. taking lessons. Tis continued under various teachers in Copenhagen till he was 12, when, to his great joy, he was allowed to go to Berlin and given the opportunity of fine teaching at the hands of Carl Halir, the leadi,ng violinist of the roy al opera there. But now, oin the death of his moth er, from whom he al inherited his musical genius, hte was face to face with a new difficulty. Playing was all very well as a young man's amuse ment. To think of it, as he now in evitably did, as a life calling was an oth'er thing. The keen, practical busi ness sense of his father would have none of it, and help fronm this Quarter ,was denied him. But oppositio,n is never a real ob stacle to genius, and at the age& of 20 he returned to Berlin and there the re cognition of real talent which so con stantly distinguishes the masters, Josephr Joachim, the king of violin is-ts, took him a.s a pupil for three years. By this time, though, it was obvious even to his father that Axel Skov gaard was destined to the life service of his art, and so it was that when in1 1899 an opportunity came of buying4 the magnificent Stradivarius violin on which Skovgaard now always plays, parental opposition gave way to defi ' nite and hearty practical encourage ment. Steadily and surely 'he began to make his way as a Eu:ropean perfor mer. He had the good fortune to play twice before the late King Christian, of Denmark. at another time before the late King Oscar of Sweden, and again to Hakon, -the present king of Norway. He also won the attention of Wilhelm, emperor of Germany, in 1902, when he appeared as soloist at hmthe opening of the Royal Berlin Aca demy of Music, with the result that twice since the emperor 'has, through Joseph Joachim, had hint invited to play at private concerts in the royal. palace in Berlin. F or the past few years he has been to.uring as the Skovgaard Concert! .party, where, with the assistance of: a singer and a pianiste, he himself is responsible for a prograntme which proves its worth in that it keeps him pla:ying every night in spite of the traveling strain this of necessity im Skovgaard is an artist whose power has had time to mature and to gain those finer qualities of balance and~ resource of intern)retationi which can come in no other way than by the steady development of the musician himself in devotion to his inborn and chosen art. Price fcr admission to this attraec tion will be 7~> cents. The ticiteis can now be obtained from a number of the college s'"dents. No one can rel V acor to miss the opportnnity of LOCATION CONMITTEE ARRIVES. To Consider Columbia's Offer for Na. tional Corn Show. Columbia, March 5.-For the pur. pose of considering Columbia's offer, the location committee of the Nation al Corn show arrived in Columbia to day. The committee comes South tc decide as to whether the National Corn exposition will be moved from thE West. Columbia's chances for secur ing the exposition are considered most excellent, and the question of bring ing the great exposition here depends on housing. The buildings at the StatE fair grounds will be offered by the Columbia chamber of commerce for the exposition. Should the National Corn Exposi tion be brought to Columbia it would mean that several thousand Middle Western and Western farmers would pay a visit to this section. During the present week the mem bers of the location committee will be taken on a trip of inspection over South Carolina in a private Pullman car. Among the places to be visited will be the experiment station near Charleston; the city of Charleston, the Hitchcock farm, near Aiken, and several points in the Piedmont sec. tion of the State. Teachers' -Meeting. The program for the next meeting of the County Teachers' association on Saturday, 11th instant, in the high school building is as follows: Class in primary reading taught by Miss Gertrude Reeder. Round table talks. GARDENING. * Clemson Extension Work-Arti. cle35. * *. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The time to begin planting our spring garden is now at hand. The quesition as to when to plant the dif ferent types of vegetables is frequent ly asked. The following vegetables should be planted during the month of February and in the southern part f the State may be planted as early s January. This, of course, does not refer to the trucking section along the oast, but to 'the middle and northern ialf of the State. Cabbages and Cauliflower. Frost-proof cabbage or cauliflower plants may be planted in the early part of February without .danger of being injured by cold. The plants should be set in rows three feet apart and 24 inches apart in the row. The plants should be set in the ground up o the first leaf, leaving the entire stem covered with soil. The frost proof plants or plants that have been rown in the open ground can be ob aned from growers in the southern art of the State wh'o make a busi ess~ of growing these plants. If one wishes to produce his own cabbage or auliflower pla:nts, - then'- the seed should be planted in a hot bed du.r ng the latter part of December and after they have become large enough o transplant they are gradually har deed off by subjecting them to the cold and allowing the plants to suffer slightly for the want or water. A plant andled in 'this way will be able to withstand the freezes of the early spring while a 'tender plant would be illed. English or Garden Peas. These may be planted any time dur ng the months of Jan.uary and Feb ruary, but for general garden pur poses planitings made early in Feb ruary' will give excellent resu'lts. For best results the seed should be planted bout 5 to 6 inches deep. It has been my observa.tion that gardeners gen rally do not planit th.eir garden 'pea seed more than 2 1-2 to 3 inches deep. The following vegetables may be plantea in the open ground now with out danger of being injured by frost. f course one must understand that ny of these are liable to be injured y a very severe freeze should it occur just at the time the seed are germinat ing, but any gardener must take t'hese risks if he wishes an early garden. Should they be killed just as they are erminating, then it costs very little o plant again, -the first cost of the seed amounting to very little indeed: Beets, lettuce, kale, onion seed and sets, radishes, parsnips, parsley, salsi fy, a:nd turnips. After the ground has been thorough y prepared and fertilized, the above amed vegetables may be plantedi rows about 24 to 36 inches apart and the seed sown continuously in -- row. After the plants have beconr 2to 3 inches tall. they should be thin ei out, leaving the plants from 1 to inches apart in the row. Later on. nt:ecessary, they way be thinned on: ~'til mior?. .etunce. for instance, hould c be thinu to 1 12 inches apart u order to hax the plants mke per e . while beets. kale and n* an & thiner to about 3 frequently the CAR LC MU] BROOD We have receiv fine Mules and 1B we will sell at re We have some fin lot, and would b them to you. Ca] We always treat ~ to New berry to bi The Sum case that the amateur gardeners al-i low their vegetables to stand too thick in the row, which prevents them from1 maturing early. While parsnips, carrots and salsify i should be planted in the early spring,i they are usually not used un,til the fall. However, for best results they :hould be planted not Later than the middle of March.1 Celery seed should be sown at this season in a cool, moist -place, prefer ably on the north or west side of a uilding. The seed may be sown in ows about 6 inches apart and cover- I d very lightly with fine soil, or roadcast and slightly raked in and< he ground lightly rolled or pack I or further information regarding1 elery, see Bulletin No. 144, S. C. Ex eriment Station. C. C. Newman, 1 orticulturist S. C. Experiment Sta tion. Among the developments at Clem-' son college we would mention one or wo items of particular interest to the ivision of animal husbandry an 'airying. For some years it has been seen that a rnew dairy building was needed, but t had -been deter'mined to wait for its 1 rection until a really good structure 1 ight be built and a complete outfit I laced in it. Many of the State col- 1 eges have placed the equipment for eaching dairying in a portion of somei arge building, devoting only the asement rooms to this purpose, buti ur ambition 'has been to put upai uilding complete in its'elf for the usel4 f this division. We are now about I o accomplish that much desired end. .The plan that has been approved is aout 30x35 feet in size, two stories with a basement that xwill be above ground on two sides. It is to be of;1 rick with tile roof and stone trim and n every way a substantial modern 1 tructure. 1 The basement will be devoted to he practical or manufacturing side of ll questions. In this part will bet laced all milk, cream, butter andc heese working implements, a generalt utter making room, cheese room, class laboratory for student use inc andling all milk products, milk room, wash, store and toilet rooms. Also in oe corner of this floor is to be placed complete mechanical cold storage utfit, to be3 used in handling both but *ter and cheese and as an aid in any xeriients that may be conducted I with these articles. This should give ample space to in-t struct all students for years to come, nw all the !proc.esses pertairning tot (larying and to do it in a thoroughly nodern manner. All these work ooms are to have cement iloor and alls of same material only to have 1 mn enamel finish. Windows will not have wood cases, but be of same finish s sides of rooms. but with corners ounded. Again, at union of sides ofl S coms and floors, the usual corners will be finished rounded. By using~ g such methods and by having been par- C PAD OF LES MARES 'ed a car -load of rood Mares that ~asonable prices. e Mules in this e glad to show 11 and see them. !OU right. Come ay your Mules. ier-Wise sipany :icular to have plenty of light in all ooms, the structure should be sani nry in every resuect. We have mentioned only the base nent. On the floor above as one en :ers by the front door, the room at right would be found to be a class oom. On the left is another of same ;ize but to be used for analysis of nilk, etc. In front of the entrance will be ound a series of two groups of rooms. ne group will be the farm butter ooms and the second the market milk. ooms. I.n these groups will be found i complete small outfit for the making f butter on a small scale, exactly as nigt well be duplicated on the farm. it would ba.:co separator, butter work r and churn, sink, heater and in fact il the machines needed by a farmer : make first quality butter. In the other group would be found similar lot of implements that would e necessary if .milk was to be retail On each s:ide of these groups will e locasted offices and another class -oom. On the top floor will be found two ffices, three class rooms and a larger -oo or auditorium. This room will e fitted with windows that can easily >e made dark and with a projection' antern that illustrated lectures may~ ) given 'at any tim.. This room will be particularly use ul in institute and short course ork. On the ~Whole we'feel the build-I ng will accommodate the dairy work~ or many years to come and give us thoroughly well equipped depart nent in that one direction. A plan has 'also been accepted for a iew dairy barn, to be the first of a ~roup of farm buildings that shall aid n developing the herds of animals, iot only a grade -herd simply to pro Luce milk and butter for college use, mt more than tha>t as a means for etter giving instruction in all lines >f animal husbandry and to include ood, if small, herds of the represen ative breeds of animals. In the 'ac eptance of the barn plan we have he starting point in this direction and s the plan develops we shall have oc asion to again mention, this subject' nore in detail. Prof. D. C. Nourse, hief Division Animal Husbandry andI Dairying. t was a wild night The doctor ad closed his storm doors and retir-! -d. Suddenly there came a jin'gle on he right bell. "Who is there?" demanded the doc or, irritated at being awakened at~ hat hour. "Billy .Jones," responded a weak1 -o rmbelow. "Baby has'wl owed the Lincoln penny murer gave: tim for a Christmas gift." "He~ has, eh? Well, is there any~ eial inducement for me to come out uch a night as this?" "Oh, yes, sir. Muver says if you :et the penny up you can have it." hicago News. ................~..* .. Ferns ani I will have in of Ferns ai Wednesday, I Come early your sel< Mayes' Bo HOUSE OF A THOI SAME BUT DiFI We told you al TAINS last weeki to tel about their No. 17 is a plain net C handsome border No. 15 is Arabian, wil and rose buds spria center. Very pretty No. 16 is Arabian ' center, with border No. 21 is white with d ter and border of IV: No. 5 is White Applig Something nice - No. 3 is a lovely fine''] ter and border of dais just the thing to len to any well, furnishe No. 9 is white with I sign, well covered c We cannot begin t< all of them. Come Prices - - - QOME~ ANI MO lY GOLD 'Just Ar Come and see them. Half i two gallon globes. Fish fo< pebbles. Don't wait, they al Anderson 104 I Roses. a. new ship id Roses garch 8th. and make actions. ok ore. ISAND THINGS. f HINC ERENT out LACE CUR but did not try degance. enter with $2.50 *h festoons of roses indee $4.00 dith plain$25 lo'tted cen- $1.75 yr leaves .t "" . .$4.00 Met with plain cen ies arnd fern leaves, d elegance d room -~50 'ersian de-$.0 :enter -- > tell you about ) SEEUS FISH! -ri ved. rallon, one gallon and )d and sea plant and re going fast. C. Company