The morning news., 1899-12-22
NO BERTHS FOR NEGROES.
THEY CANNOT BUY TICKETS FOR
TUE CENTRAL's sLEEPERs.

bishop Turner Hnd to Go to Atlanta
in Specially Arranged Berth in
the Second Glass COach-Centrnl
Acts Under n Law Governing the
Operation of SIeepers in the state.
Negroes May Ride in Through
Can to Avoid Selling Tickets-RniI-
road News and Notes.
A practical demonstration of the fact
that whites and negroes cannot have
berths in the same sleeping car on the Cen
trail Railroad was demonstrated last night.
The train for Atlanta left with Bishop II.
NJ. Turner of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church aboard and very i'll, but he
did not occupy a berth in the Atlanta
sleeper An effort was made to secure
one for him, but the information was Civ
en- those who made the request that it,
would be impossible.
The railroad was anxious to do every
thing possible for the Bishop, however,
and considerable trouble was gone 10 in
order to prepare comfortable quarters for
him in the negroes coach. Two seats
a
being placed in the ear, and curtains were
spread about it TO insure privacy. On
that the Bishop was laid, and his Journey
was doubtless made in about as great com
fort as he would have found on the sleep
er.
Bishop Turner was stricken with paraI-
ysis several days ago. He was in the CITY
attending the Georgia Conference. His
condition caused no little concern to the
members of his church who were here.
Several ministers remained over from
the conference in order to care for the
Bishop and attend him on the trip Among
them were Rev. r. Pitman, Rev A. Cot
man, Rev. ]. A. Wood, and Rev. j. +. Set
ties Rev. A. A. Whitman also accom-
panied the party.
The Governor has bill before him that
passed the Legislature making il incum.
bent upon railroad companies to furnish
a separate sleeping car IL a berth is sod
a negro. A protest in behalf of the ne
groes of the state has been filed with the
Governor, as told in the Morning News
dispatches yesterday.
1t is said the bill was brought or was
caused by a legislator who felt deeply ag-
erieved on discovering that he had bought
a berth in a sleeper in which there was a
negro. That was about a year ago The
legislator protested and insisted that the
conductor put the man off. The conductor
insisted In return that he had no right to
make the negro leave the car, as he had
bought his ticket. The point should have
been raised. according to the conductor,
when the ticket was purchased, The CON-
pany, having sold the ticket, had no re-
course but 10 recognize it.
II is said the bill grew out OF this oc-
currence. The legislator made a long
continued protest that made the Pullman
Company disavow the action OF the con-
ductor, saying he should have ordered the
negro into another car. The legislator
thought II well enough 10 introduce a bill
about the matter, and II now seems that
a law to compel the use OF separate eleep-
ers for the two races VIII be signed
The understanding In the ticket Office Of
the Central Railroad for the past year has
been that negroes were not allowed 10 ride
IN sleeping cars with whites. Ii was for
that reason that Bishop Turner could not
secure a berth. u VIII be recalled that a
sergeant. who had been on duty at Fort
Pulaski. was refused a berth a few years
ago because OF his color. The man was