The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
THEV|RG|N|A|S..I
NEARLY D \ ( d
tits Expected That She Will y 'illl sBsI
in Commission BY
January 1st. l,2s5s
NO POLITICAL SPEECHES. (. : |. L! ).
4. ~
The President to Make None Of
. That Character Any MAJ
where 81
No POLITICAL SPEECHES I: Z: /: les;

(From Our Regular Correspond ent. J Ga
i WAsHINGTON.5 .. c., September 90
The battleship Vlrginit Is expected to be S i
completed about the 18th 5of OctobersySs
she will be In commission by the firstsS
OF the year, ut least. The commanding II
officer and crew have not yet been deslg-l 81
mated. A Vlrginian was asking to-day
concerning the proposition advance d Fl Il byi S
somebody II year or SO ago to purchase (
BY popular subscription In Virginia g g.
silver service to be presented to tho
vessel. II is customary for cities and 8
States after which vessels Of the navy!
are named to present them with n SER
vice or silver or Il bell.a3 Ulcers of 3tho 7
navy are said to rather prefer q bell bell u
to a silver service, as5 the latte re-
uuircs great deal OF care to prevent Its 4
being scratched or denied s5i8 3s
President Not to Speak.
President Roosevelt does not intend TO
make any speeches In Virginia, which
will have even a remote resemblance to-
partisan appeals iii behalf Of the Elsepub-S
lican ticket, nor will he make any such \
speeches anywhere Built Is believed I
that he will make addresses of y chars
acter aimed to obtain for him the suc-S
port Of the South In certain measures!
which will come at the approaching ses-8
sion OF Congress. He will discuss tariff
revision, rate regulation and pro posed L
Panama Canal egislhtion, It Is said IN HoS
realizes that he will need the help 9 81
Southern Democrats II he succeeds In
securing such Legislation as he desires
on this subject, and tho " speeches he
will make in the South will be calcll-s
lated to@rally to his support the people
Of that section. AS a matter Of fact, q
nobody doubts thntith President already.
has the hEArtS5 ,suHpoht "a S so:f e Southern
people iii his efforts to secure equitable
Legislation on the rate question, Il lower
ing Of tariff schedules, and In behalf
OF the Panaina Canal. $S The cana " o,llds
not have been remotely possible but for
the seventeen Democrats OF the Senate
who united with the Republicans lrlEYot-&
ling Decentralization of the treaty with
Panama. The reward q the South$forS
thIs service was only ono member of the
commission created to 3superntend = he
constructlonlofS the canal. i5sf 8$
Sugar BeetSin Virginia. 3$S#
The experiment stntion 1T Blaclssburg
has demonstrated that It's possible to-
growth sugar beet at a profit In Nir-;
ginia. a. report from the station pub-E
Ilislictl by the Department OF Agrtculturc,s
says: $sS H rs $S $F ~ II s8
Tho seed was planted n t the Virginia.
Station on April 18th, land y tho plants
were cultivated 8a at frequent II IL egValsS
throughout the growing season Il icing
thinned on&June 16tll34nnd sampled " on
September 14th and goth and OctopersEsttl%
and 21st. Tho termination yY;ls reno tctl
ms being almost perfect ana the PLANTS
made a rapid growth, reaching full size
about August list, when the outer letlvctE
began Ito turn dnrl: ana apeGolne dry.
Later the beets made u second gro"th,9
With wa checked by two weeks OF dry
weather the first part OF September The
season, as n whole. Is report ed as being
favorable, with much rain. 81 VI IN
"The data for the statondat Blacks
burg are interesting, because Of IN high
altitude of8the experimental field ias
"The conditions, In so far as tens
lpcraturo tlnd precipitation We're con-
cerned, We're very favorable to- the pros
ductlon OF n crop not only OF fair slze,5
but also OF excellent quality.