Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-08

With regard to the purchase, the Baltimore
Suns Richmond correspondent says:
"a telegram received here from New York
to day (Thursday) states that controlling
interest in the Virginia Midland Railroad
was purchased to-day by members of the syn
dictate of the Richmond and Danville road
and others. The sale was effected in New
York and closed at one o'clock this afternoon.
1t is stated the road is to be run as an inde-
pendent property, and for the present no
change will he made. Negotiations looking
to the purchase of the Midland Road have
been pending for the past two weeks. Gen.
T. M. Logan and other prominent members
of the Danyille Road syndicate, have been
in New York for several days. Col. T. NJ.
R. Talcott, General Manager of the Richmond
and Danvile Road, makes the following
statement in connection with this matter:
"The Baltimore and Ohio Company, which
owned controlling interest in the Virginia
Midland road, sold their Virginia stock to
syndicate, at the head of which is Mr.. John
S. Barbour, President of the road. Mr..
Barbours associates are parties who are large
ly interested in the Richmond and Danville
syndicate, and it is believed that by reason
of this common ownership in the two proper
ties, more harmonious relations between them
will hereafter exist, and the interests of both
will be promoted"
The following facts were obtained by the
Suns special Washington correspondent from
trustworthy sources "Mr Garrett, in behalf
of himself and others and the Baltimore and
Ohio Company, has disposed of the controlling
interest in the stock of the Virginia Midland
Road and Others Some of the purchasers
are members of the Richmond and Danville
syndicate and others are not. 1t is stated
that the Virginia Midland will now be
brought in close connection with the entire
Richmond and Danville system, and all the
Northbound freight of the Richmond and
Danville system will be transported over the
Virginia Midland"
A dispatch from Augusta, Ca, dated on
Thursday, says: "Col. Haskell was in Au-
gusta to day. He declined to be interviewed
in regard to the purchase of the Virginia
Midland Railroad by the Richmond and
Danville. When he was told, however, what
the rumor was in regard to the matter, he said
the reporter appeared to have all the points.
If the extension of the Virginia Midland is
abandoned. the Augusta and Knoxville will
be practically bottled up at Greenwood or
Spartanburg, so far as the route to the North
is concerned"
The roads now owned and operated by
the syndicate, comprise the Richmond and
Danville, the Richmond, York River and
Chesapeake, the North Carolina, the Western
Railroad of North Carolina, the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta, the Columbia and
Greenville, the Atlanta and Charlotte Air.
Line, the Northeastern Railroad of Georgia
the Western North Carolina, and the Vir'
ginia Midland, just purchased. These roads
cover the territory from Baltimore and Alex.
andria through Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia, reaching Dan.
vile, Raleigh, Goldsboro lad Charlotte, in
North Carolina and by the Western North
Carolina Road, extending to Knoxville, Tenn
Columbia, S. c., Augusta and Atlanta, Ca,
and the smaller towns between points in the
upland country of the several States. The
syndicate management is actively engaged
in pushing forward line from Atlanta
through Birmingham, Ala, Columbus, Miss
to the Mississippi River, and thence to Tex.
arkana, Texas, where connection will be had
with the railway system of Texas. The
Syndicate also has control of the line Of
steamers running in connection with its rail
1w4eds w between deep AMater.-at West Point
Va.;1 anu u1vorTnern ports.
Proposed Constitutional Amendments.
- At the last session of the Legislature
Commission was appointed to consider and
suggest amendments to the Constitution of the
State. This Commission met in Greenville
in the early part of last month and agreed
upon report, the full text of which has only
recently been made public The Commission
recommends the adoption of six Joint Reso
lutions, which provide as follows:
I. That Article of the Constitution, re-
lating to the Judicial department, be stricken
out, and another Article, to be known as Ar
ticle 4, be inserted in its place. The changes
made by the new Article are: That the
Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts
elected after the ratification of this amend
ment, shall hold their repective Offices during
good behavior, and that vacancies shall be FILL
ed by appointment by the Governor until the
same shall be filled by the General Assembly
and that the County Commissioners and Pro-
bate Judges shall be elected for four years
instead of two. The provisions Of the present
Article in relation to Justices of the Peace
and the exclusive jurisdition of the Courts OF
Common Pleas in all cases of divorce are
omitted, as we'll as the provisions, which are
now unnecessary, concerning the old Courts
of Equity.
II. That Section 10, Article l, be amended
so that all offences less than felony, in which
the punishment does not exceed fine of 500
or Imprisonment for thirty days, "may be
tried summarily before an officer authorized
by law" &C., instead of "shall be tried sum-
marily before Justice of the Peace or 9TH
er officer" &c.
III. That Section 2, Article 10, of the
Constitution, be so amended that there shall
be State Board of Education, to consist of
the State Superintendent of Education, as
chairman, and four persons to be appointed
by the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, who shall hold Office for
four years and that the State Board of Edu-
cation shall appoint in each county one
School Commissioner, who shall hold office
for two Years. The existing provision is that
School Commissioner in each county shall
be elected biennially by the people, and the
whole of these County School Commissioners
with the Superintendent Of Education, form
the Board.
w. That Section 8, Article 8, of the Con-
stitution be so amended as to provide that
"the General Assembly shall never pass any
law that will deprive any of the citizens of