The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-12
THE RACE PREJUDICE
Strong in New York-No Place for
 Negroes.

New York Sun.
 Principal of the Fort Valley 6Ga5 High Grand Union Hotei in this city iy for a few few days. It is negro school and he Is a colored man. He is accompanies by one also by Cherries L. Mahoney Pqsfaii of PhIiiadeI, ac phia, a negro empioye of c. J. Heppe Son. the plano manufacturers.
 Professor Torbert has been in the habit Of making trips through the North each summer to solicit contributions for the maintenance of his school. In the latter part of last month he made a trip through the Adirondack region. and he encountered so much race prejudice that he had diff1culty in securing food and shelter He told Sun reporter yesterd.,y that he would not go through the same personal indignities that were heaped up. on him and his comranions, for a great deal of money.
 cupied by New York men of wealth. .he party arrived at upper Saranac lake There they went to the camp of Otto H. Kuhn of Kuhn. Loeb and Co. Tha, school gave concert for the ladies of
 After the concert MT. Kuhn gave Pro school They also received their supper to o,N spend pend the night. The proprietor lodging. They had no right to come to ments with him previously. he said.
 The sS Sn ssd tS sSte money to the school. The manager re- fused to give them either food or lodg- ing. They offered to eat in the Kitchen, but the manager said it was too fate to serve them. They then tried still anoth- CT hotel. telephoning ahead that they were coming. But the manager of the telephoned too telling the proprietor to look out for a gang of negroes who were coming over. so once sEain lood ana shelter were refused to the representa- lives of the colored people. Finally they dcided to row to Saranac Inn. But It was raining and the water was rough After rowing eight miles they decided to | stop at the house of s. A. Swinson of | New York. He gave them permission t1 sleep in an empty boathouse. Then a | colored servant suggested that they sleep cold. co By the light of a lantern they | climbed up a ladder on the side of the barn, passed through hole two feet square and lay. down. They received some horse blankets to lie on. They had no other covering and the roof being low Prof. Torbert had the misfortune to
 strike his head against nail, inflicting
 The next morning when they left the
 harm two colored servants gave theri | some water to wash in. For provisions
 they had to row the long distance back | to the Saranac Inn.
 | At Lake Placid the party had no troli-
 ble. but at Leon Lake the proprietors of | the hotels refused to receive them At one point they went for a lodging to a car which was standing on the track. but
 hind-hearted landlady sent for them | to return to her hotel and they gave a concert there that netted ST. Several
 scholarships for the school were also | promised by guests.
 Prof Torbert feels that the race pre- | judice in the Adirondack region is in it's
 worst stage at present In the course of l the trip. however he received among | other contributions a check for $250 from | Cornelius N Bliss and check for the
 same amount from George Burnham of l the Baldwin Locomotive Works.