Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1907 — Decision Affecting the Negro. [ARTICLE]

Decision Affecting the Negro.

Washington. Jtfly 9.—ln a decision rendered in the case of Georgia Edwards against the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, the Interstate commerce commission held that when a railroad provided certain accommodations for a flrat-class passenger of the white race, It was required by law that similar accomodatious be provided for negroes, who have purchased first-class tickets.