The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
"JIM CROW" LAWS.
How the Colored People are Treated
In the Northern States.
Chicago Tribune.)

] ot-A SAoW Ao"o oiC VI tue
statute books aud SO have the sem
blance Of legality. In many of the
Northern States the same discrimi-
nation against the negro is enforced,
though usually by underhanded aud
indirect methods. 1t might we'll be
asked whether the real feeling aud the
rea! result is not practically the same
in both cases.
For instance, in the South negroes
are not allowed to eat in the same
room with white men, not even at rail-
road eating houses.
Here are couple of instances of
the way ir which the same rule is en-
forced in the North.
In one Of the most famous restau-
rants in Chicago the walters were all
colored men. When negro entered
and asked to be served he was seated
in the usual way at table on which
there were no menu or price cards.
Presently price card was laid before
him. And in that price card lay all
the effectiveness O. the strictest South
ern "Jim Crow" law. It read some.
thing like this:
Coffee, per cup. ..s SO
Coffee, with cream, per cup. 49,. Is
Bread and butter. :. 100
Pork chops. ........... :. 8 90
Mutton chops. $50
Sirloin steak, plain. ~. 975
Beer, draft, per glass. -. 80
One glance at that card and it's ew.
full prices was usually enough to send
the colored man hurrying out of the
plsss. IF, in spite of it ell, he per.
sisted in giving his order he found
that he was obliged to wait for an
hour or SO before it was served, and
then, if he had ordered pork chops
for instance, at g the order, after
making several complaints, two little
pieces of bone and gristle would be
brought in on an icy plate and en-.
tirely surrounded by cold and solid
grease.
II is not on record that any colored
man ever ventured to ratronize this
particular restaurant the second time.
There is another restaurant in Chi
cago which is famous for its apple pie
and cheese. In some way word of its
fame reached the ears of an old color
ed man, who has small income and
has retired from autive work. The
day after he went into this eating
house and ordered apple pie and
cheese. 1t was brought and he found
that its reputation was we'll deserved.
The next day he came back again and
repeated the order. Again he was
promptly served, but this time the
piece Of pie was not more than half as
large as it had been the first time,
while the cheese had also greatly
diminished in size since the day be-
fore. The third day the apple pie
had reached almost microscopic pro-
portions. It was tho length and
thickness of q lead pencil, while the
cheese was mere postage stamp in
thickness. He stuck it out until the
fourth noon, at which time there was
placed before him large plate with
two atoms in its centre, one of pi.,
the other Of cheese, both of which to :.
gether would not have made a bill ful,
for canary bird.
II guess you don't want my Gus
tom," said the colored man.
"That's as you please" answered
the waiter, who was only folloS;cg
orders Of his manager.
In another prominent local restau-
rant not long ago oolored man, al
most mulatto in color, and his wife
were given seats at table near The
front Of the room. They were seated
during the temporary absence Of the
head waiter, who, on his return, at
once went to the table at which they
were sitting and informed them that
Q mistake had been made; the table at
which they sat was engaged and they
would :have to give it up. He led
them to small table near the rear OF
room. They sat there with:no attention
paid to them for more than twenty
minutes. Finally the man called a
waiter, who consented to take an or
der. After taking it he disappeared