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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-23
PLANT OF SUMTER
DAILY item BURNED
EARLY MORNING FIRE CAUSES
LOSS OF ESTABLISHMENT.
PAPER TO CONTINUE.

Sumter, June E0.-The fire which
early Sunday morning broke out in
the Osteen Publishing Co., building,
completely swept this large three
story structure and in it's path destroy
ed the printing establishment and the
stores of Geo. Hashim, grocer, Lyman
Brokerage Co., and Jones-Ross Office
Supply CO, Besides these concerns,
the office of DR.. c. P. Osteen was con-
siderably damaged. The origin of the
fire has not been yet determined, but
it is said that it started in the ad-
vertising room of the Item office and
spread rapidly over the entire plant.
The loss to the Osteen Publishing
Company is probably 100000, only
partially covered by insurance. Two
modern linotype machines, one large
cylinder press and other printing
equipment was completely destroyed,
the two linotype machines falling
from the second floor and being badly
damaged. Nothing remains of the
building except TIE bare walls on each
side and the front wall, which leans
towards the street, requiring the traf-
fic to be shut to the public on one
side until this wall can be torn down.
At one time it seemed that the en-
tire block would 60, but the effective
work of the two modern fire trucks
and bumpers checked the flames.
The building was owned by Messrs,
ii. G. and C. P. Osteen, both officers
in the Osteen Publishing Company
which company publishes the Sumte,
Daily Item and the Watchman and
Southron. Temporary arrangements
for the continuance of those papers
have been made, the officials of the
Orangeburg Times and Deomcrat ex-
tending the use Of their plant to the
company. The Daily Item will, there
fore, make its appearance as usual
today, the paper being printed in
Orangeburg and sent over on the aft
ernoon train. This arrangement will
be continued until some permanent
arrangements for its publication can
be made. Many newspapers through
out the state offered their services to
Editor H. G. Osteen Of the Item. 1t
is the intention Of the company to re-
build as soon as possible.
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The Record has received several cot
ton blossoms this week, among the
earliest of which was one picked from
q field of Mr.. E. R. Rowell, neal
Blakelys, and one from the field Of
Willie Montgomery, Salters.
Dr.. L. Roy Gates is in Charlotte this
week attending the Pharmaceutical
Association of North and South Caro-
lima. From Charlotte DR.. Gates eX-
poets to 60 to Burlington, N. c., to
visit his mother Mrs. L. NJ. Gates.
Lake City crossed bats with Kings
tree on the local diamond yesterday
afternoon and defeated Kingstree by
score of z to 1. Florence plays here
this afternoon, the game being called
for 4 o'clock and the fans are proms-
ed a good game.
Mrs. Leroy Payne entertained fol
her house guests, Misses Llyes and
Greene, on Monday afternoon with a
swimming party. About ten couples
were invited. After nice swim, the
hostess served a delightful lunch on
the banks of the river.
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Mrs. Gilland Entertains.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. T. NJ. Gil
land charmingly entertained number
of friends at an informal tea. Places
were laid for sixteen guests, and an
elaborate menu served. Those enjoy
ing Mrs. Gilland's hospitality were
Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. O'Bryan, Misses Davis,
Louise Epps, Gertrude O'Bryan. Mes
DANES P. G. Gourdin, NJ. F. Montgom-
cry, S. j. Watson, Harry Britton, w.
S. Gilland.
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Mrs. O'Bryan Entertains

Mrs. J. D. O'Bryan entertained or
Wednesday morning in honor of hel
house guest, Miss Gertrude O'Bryan
of Heineman. The guests were ask.
ed to bring their sewing and a plea
SAINT hour was spent cover the work
baskets.
The hostess assisted by her mother
Mrs. T. NJ. Gilland, and her sister
Mrs. w. S. Gilland, served a delicious
salad and sweet course. Those pres
ent were: Misses Martha J4n,kinson
Lula Brockington, Emma Brockington
Olive Benton, Louise Epps, Marian
McFadden, Lizzie Gordon, Helen Ken,
nedy, Gertrude O'Byran. Misses Dav'
is. Mesdames T. NJ. Gillsnd and w
S. Gilland.
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FOUR MEN HELD FOR ROBBERY
Taken From Charleston to Camden
For Trial.

Camden, June 16.-Four white men,
said to be William Brawley, Alex
Cartledge, Dewey Dennis and Floyd
Horick, all of Columbia, were brought
here today from Charleston by Sher-
iff G. C. Welsh and Deputy Hen
ry Mcleod. The men are charged
with blowing the safes at the Bank
of Lugoff and the Heaths Springs
bank last fall. They were given a
preliminary hearing before Magis-
trate S. N. Nicholson and committed
to Jail to await trial at the July term
of court.
One of the men is wanted in Lam
caster county and will be carried to
Lancaster by Sheriff Hunter who was
present at the hearing
All of the men appear to be young
men of ages ranging from twenty to
twenty-five and are nicely dressed
They had been held for trail at
Charleston and the prisoners, were
turned over to the Kershaw and
Lancaster authorities. 1t is said that
officers were on their trail within
a few days after the safe was blown
at Lugoff not having let up in their
efforts to land the fugitives until the
final capture was made. Two Of. the
men are said to have been captured
in Springfield, ILL.,, while the other
two were captured in Columbia.
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Terry-Brunson.

A marriage of much interest tc
their many friends was that of Miss
Dorothy Terry of Andrews to Mr.
Clarence Brunson, of Kingstree, at the
Baptist parsonage last Thursday at
ternoon, Rev. E. A. Mcdowell officiat-
ing.
The bride has been a teacher in the
Never Fail school for the past session.
and is young lady of attractive per-
sonality. The groom is the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake D. Kinds
and is young man of sterling quail
ties and a successful farmer.
A wedding supper was given at the
home of the groom following the
ceremony. The young couple will
make their home with the groom's
parents for the present.
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B. Y. P. U. Officers Elected.

At a meeting of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union on Wednesday even
ing, the following officers were elect
ed: president, C. H. Miller; vice-pres-
ident, Harold Steele, secretary, Mrs
Modena Jeffords, treasurer, Mrs. Le'
Roy Gates, librarian, Miss Nina Hun
ter; chorister, Miss Belle Brunson;
captains of groups, blues, Miss Lola
Anderson; reds, John Austin Mellow.
ell. The regular meetings will be
held Sunday afternoon promptly at
7:45 o'clock.
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DENIES MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
E. D. Bigham Awaiting Result of ip-
peal to Supreme Court.

Florence, June 22.-Judge S. w. F.
Shipp, of the Twelfth South Carolina
Judicial circuit. in a decision filed with
the clerk of court this afternoon de-
MED motion of Attorney A. L. King
for a new trial for E. D. Bigham who
is under death sentence in the state
prison for the murder of his brother.
The motion for a new trial was argue't
before Judge Shipp on June II. An
appeal from the judgment and SEN
tence of the court in the Bigham case
is now pending in the supreme court.
Bigham, it will be remembered is
charged with killing his mother,
brother, sister and the ]atters TWO
adopted children. He was tried for
the murder of his brother and found
guilty.
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Items of Local Interest
THURSDAY, JUNE %. 1921.

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:, Miss Claude Jones spent Sunday in
selfsnning with friends.
Miss Agnes Fulton is visiting
friends in Charleston this week.
Mr.. WILDER Eaddy spent Tuesday
in Lake City with his home folk.
Mr.. A. L. McElveen of Lake City
was a visitor in town on Tuesday.
Mrs. L. w. Gilland and children are
spending some time in Charleston.
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MIR. Perston Foxworth of Salters
visited relatives in town last week.
Mr.. Zeno Montgomery is spending
the week with friends in Athens, Ga.
Miss Helen Mcdowell is attending
the summer school at Winthrop Col
lege.
Mr.. S. A. Caldwell of Lake City,
~e>spent last weekend in town on busi-
ness.
Mrs. w. L. Gilland and children are
visiting relatives in Charleston this
week. /
Miss Hattie Thomas spent last
weekend with her home folks near
Cades.
Mrs. Laney of Charleston spent Sat-
urday here, the guest of Mrs. P. S.
Courtney.
Miss ,Dollie McFadden is spending
the week with Miss Mae Epps near
New Zion
Miss Dess Goudy of Lake City was
the guest of Miss Louise Epps last
weekend.
Misses Hazel and Mary Warn of
Beaufort are the guests of Miss Caro-
: line Scott this week.
Miss Velma Thomas spent several
days this week here, with her sister,
Miss Hattie Thomas.
Miss Flora Kennedy of Lake City
is spending the week here rs the
guest Of Miss Louise Epps.
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Miss Gertrude Whitehead Of Lake
= City is spending several days this
week with Mrc, P. S. Courtney.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Carr left on
Saturday for Licoln Lithia Springs,
N. c., for a stay of several weeks.
Mr.. David Silverman left on Tues |
day afternoon for Glenn Springs
where he will spend two or three
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. R. Gass and chill
dren, of Winston-Salem, are here for
the tobacco season. Mr.. Gass is to
be manager of the Farmers ware
house.
Mr.. H. n Courtney, &C Leo, broth
er of Mr.. P. S. Courtne! here, who
has been quite sick with typhoid few
er, is reported to be somewhat i'm
proved.
Misses Ruth Lyles and Nell Greene
who have been the attractive visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Payne for the
past week have returned to their |
home in Bennettsville.
Misses Virginia Brown and Matha
Smith, nurses at the Kelley Infirmary,
and Messrs. Eugene King and David
Epps motored. to Sumter Sunday to
visit relatives of the former.
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Congressman P. H. S.oll returned
to Washington, on Tuesday after
spending week here with his family.
Little Phillip Stoll went with his IA
ther for few weeks stay in Wash
u ington.
Invitations have been issued by the
Mothers club to their seim-annual
reception to fathers which will be held
Friday evening at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. E. C. Burgess, in North
Kingstree.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Hester and
daughter Miss Sarah Holland, of New
Bern, N. c., arrived yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Hester will be connected
with The Nelson Warehouse again
this season.
The members of the young. set en-
joyed lawn party in the park on
Tuesday evening. The party was
given in compliment to Miss Cole of
Atlanta, Ga. who is visiting her sis
L., Me- NaoI TrffYnrd
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WANTED-S1,5 500 at per cent. for
one to three years on, five room
bungalow with large lot in Greely-
vile. First mortgage. Reliable
party. Write XYZ, care Record II
you have money to lend. 6-9-H.
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A FEW HOME, mercantile BUILDINGS
and farm lands at the right prices.
See NJ. n. Plowden, Kingstree, S. C.
2-3-tfc.
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DRESSMAKING and altering Of all
kinds. Mems shirts a specially.
Phone 1873, Railroad Ave. 4-20-9tp.
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I SELL the Saturday Evening Post,
The Ladies Home Journal and the
Country Gentleman. Let me add
your name to my list of subscrib-
ers. Donovan King. 2t
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PLUMBING-When in the market for
a frst-class Plumbing job drop US
a card and if you need light ask
us to show you a Delco light which
is the standard Of the world. Car
ter Electric Service Co., Lake City,
S. c.. 3-17-tf.
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FOR RENT-Rooms for light house
keeping. Rooms, care Record.
6-26-1tp.
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USE CALCIUM ARSENATE to pro-
tect your cotton from the Boil Wee
vii. We sell Riches Pure Calcium
Arsenate poison busters. Dill Bah
Co., Charleston, S. C. 6-16-4te.
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Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. :
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LOST-Sunday, June 10, one Niche
lin non-skid 30x3h tire on Max
well rim, between B. B. Smiths
store and Kingstree, by way Of An
drews. Notify NJ. L. McClam,
Scranton, S. c., Route No. /.
6-23-1tc.
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LOST-About May II, collie bitch,
white ring part way around neck,
white spot on back of neck. About
two years old. Return to NJ. C.
Cottingham, Salters Depot, S. C..
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

FOR SALE.-Two shares Wee Nee
Bank stock. Make best offer to
Box 525, Greenwood. S. C.
6-23-2tp.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
One Killed, Two Hurt
I'm Automobile Crash
Taxicab Driver Said to Have
Been Trying to Escape Storm
When Collision Occurred

Two automibels collided at Wood.
haven and Myrtle avenues, Richmond
Hill, yesterday afternoon, killing one
man and injuring two others.
Bernard A. Stevens, thirty-two wears
old, of 259 Eighty-ninth Street, Brook,
lyn, was killed. He was a passenge,
In taxlcah operated by Cornelius J
Bahnken, of 560S Third Avenue. Brook.
lyn. According TO the police Bahnken
was driving in an attempt to escape
an approaching storm, when he collid-
ed with an automobile operated by
Gamdoltho Restivo, of 115 Evergreen
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Stevens was thrown from the taxicab b
by the impact of the two machine. He
died on the way to St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica. Two other passengers in Balm
ken's machine were J. Russell, of So
Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, who re-
ceived decorations of the face, and
Joseph Tuths, of lis Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, who had several ribs frac-
tured.
Patrolman Michael o'Neil Motor
cycle Squad 1, was painfully in
jured yestrday when his motorcycle
collided with an automobile operated
by Sigmund Simon, of IS West Thirty
sixth Street. O'Neil was thrown and
dragged thirty feet by the automobile
before it stopped.
O'Neil, with three other motorcycle
patrolmen, was on his way to act as
escort for Mayor Hylan from the East
Twenty-third Street ferry to the Bronx
parade. Another squad of motorcycle
patrolmen was sent to meet the Mayor
when the accident was reported.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
u. S. to Probe
Rings Exposed
By Lockwood
indications Point TO a Vig-
orous Drive A gains I
Combines Shown Up
by Housing Committee
Twenty Named in List
District Attorney HI er e
Says Present Staff Is
Too Small for the Work

Following a conference between
Samuel Untermyer. counsel to the
Lockwood committee on housing, and
Colonel William Hayward, United
States Attorney for this district, it was
indicated yesterday that vigorous
drive against the combines of national
scope exposed by the committee is
about to be launched by the Federal au-
thorities.
According to Colonel Hayward, Mr..
Untermyer has agreed to furnish him
with a digest of the record relating to
these combines, about twenty. the early
part of this week. The Colonel said
he would lay the matter before Attor-
ney General Daugherty to ascertain
how the department desired the cases
to be handled.
1t was agreed, however, added the
Colonel, that the present staff of the
United States Attorneys office here is
entirely inadequate to take care of the
attack on these combinations, and that
the legal forces would have to be con-
siderably augmented if the move is to
mean anything.
Much To Be Done
While the combinations have been
uncovered by the Lockwood committee,
Colonel Hayward said, he felt that
much work had still to be done in the
way of developing the evidence in
each particular case before it could be
properly presented to a Federal grand
jury. To do this, he pointed out, n
large force of prosecutors and inves-
tigators would be necessary, while it
was surmised that at least six grand
juries and two Federal judges would
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
Mrs. Siver Seeks Divorce

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June IL
Mrs. Annabel r. Siver, through counsel,
to-day filed suit in the Supreme Court
at Trenton for absolute divorce from
Shubel K. Siver, awaiting sentence for
the embezzlemept OF $4,000 worth Of
Liberty bonds from the First Reformed
Church, of which he was formerly
treasurer
Adele Gouin, the Perth Amboy wait
ress with whom Silver disappeared and
whom he is alleged to have married in
Greenwich, Conn, May 6, is named in
the divorce papers as correspondent
Miss .Gouin is still at the Hotel Walter
here, waiting the final disposition of
Siver's case. Siver continues to refer
TO her as his wife. When asked about
the divorce proceedings Mrs. Annabel
r. Siver refused to make any comment.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
Lawyers Pause to
Count Girls Named
By Mrs. Stillman
Defense Undecided as to
How Many Correspond
ents Will Appear in the
Amended Answer Tuesday

Attorneys for Mrs. Anne Urouhart
Potter Stillman will confer to-morr
to decide finally how many women be-
sides Mrs. Florence Lawlor Leeds will
be named as correspondents in the
amended answer to be served on at
torneys for James A. Stillman, Tuesday
morning. The hearings in the case will
be resumed Wednesday morning at
Poughkeepsie, before Referee Daniel J.
Gleason. and Mrs. Stillman's attorneys
are expected to work late tomorrow
night making a final draft of the
amended answer allowed under a de-
cision by Justice Keogh.
John F. Brennan, principal attorney
for Mrs. Stillman, would not say last
night how many new correspondents
were to be named by Mrs. Stillman. 1t
is now known that there will be at
least two. These newly named women
are Clara" last name unknown. who
is described as a beautiful Swedish
girl, and Helen" last name unknown,
who is said TO be society woman.
Attorneys for Mr.. Stiilman are silent
as to their plans. One authority said
that it is the policy of Mr.. Stillman's
counsel TO keep the defense guessing
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
Boy "Minds'' Baby
For Stranger, Who.
Forgets to Return
Ten-Year-Old John Tanning
Has His Game i'm Park
Ruined and Unclaimed In
FAINT Is Now at Bellevue

John Tanning, ten years old, Of l3a
West Sixtieth Street, was playing COPS
and robbers about o'clock Yesterday
afternoon in Central Park near Sixty
fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, when a
man came along, pushing a baby
carriage, and interrupted him. The
man asked him if he would mind the
baby.
The game was at it's height. John
was exhibiting rare flashes of detective
genius in nosing out robbers from their
hiding places behind bushes and rocks.
1t is long step from sheriff to nurse
maid, but John took it,
The man said he would not be gone
long. John hoped he wouldn't, be-
cause without his leadership the COPS
were no match for the robbers. Johns
playmates paused just long enough to
satisfy their curiosity. They looked
at the infant coldly and with certain
amount of aloofness and then took up
their game, leaving John to keep his
trust.
John looked at the baby. 1t wasn't
much of baby anyway. He hoped it
was not going to cry. A half hour
passed. The gang quit playing and
went away. The man hadn't come back.
John looked around wondering where
he could have gone. Maybe he had
forgotten where he had left the child.
1t was getting near dinner time and
here he was way out in Central Park
with a strange baby.
An hour dragged by. Still the man
had not returned. John began to get
worried. If shat man wanted his babv
he'd better hurry up.
FINALLY he grew desperate and, wheel
Ing the carriage before him. walked
toward Central Park West At Sixty
eighth Street, on the west side of the
park, he encountered policeman from
the West Sixtyeighth Street station
and told him his troubles.
The policeman took him and the baby
to the station house, where John told
his story to the lieutenant He said
the man was white, about five feet six
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12

be required to take care of the cases
as soon az they got under way.
At the present time the cement in
dlctments are being handled by Special
Attorney General Fowler. and it Is
possible that Attorney General Daugh-
erty will place the other cases in the
hands of special deputy. Colonel
hayward, however, intimated he would
IKE to handle them in person. if he
could enlarge his staff sufficiently to
permit him to do SO.
At the close of the conferences Colo
rel Hayward said:
Mr.. Untermyer has kindly offered
10 cooperate with the Federal authori-
ties and TO turn over to them all NJ
the evidsuce that has been gathered
oy tne committee in order that pInns
may be formulated for Federal action
against the combines exposed. We are
agreed that this action should he
strenuous, and we also are agreed thu.
~ would be impossible to take these
rialters up with the present limited
prosecuting staff"
Explained His Complaint
~ IS understood that at their confer.
ence Mr.. untermyer went over will ~ =
united States Attorney all Of the NM. NJ
ters upon which he voiced comnIa; ~
,sse thursday. At that time he told
the Lockwood committee that the Fed.
erai prosecutors in charge of the IN.
Vestlgatlon of the iron erectors' case
had taken men who should have been
defendants into the grand Jury room,
thereby giving them immunity. Th;' Th;s'
was done several months before Colo.
mel Hayward assumed office
Some of the nationwide combines
exposed by the Lockwood committee
more recently are the Ainsworth and
Hanley groups, the insurance ex-
changes, the parquet flooring associa :
tlons, and manufacturers of bathroom
appliances. Among the others exposed
but not yet acted upon by the Federal
officials is the steel group.
Mr.. Untermyer and the members Of
the committee were also busy yester-
day preparing for their special inouirv
at Buffalo, which begins there Tuesday.
The committees counsel received as
surances from the authorities of that
city that they will give the committee
the fullest cooperation. In the light of
preliminary survey of the ground
some startling disclosures are ex-
pected.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
Marshall Field Sd BUYS
ST., 10000 L. /. Estate
Chicagoan's Property Takes in
l,o3O Acres, in Lloyd's
Neck Section
Special Dispatch to The Tribun.

opecsdt Dtspdech to The Tribune
CHICAGO, June 11.-Marshall Field
Sd, of Chicago, has just purchased the
largest estate on Long Island, N. Y.
1t consists of three tracts in the Lloyd's
Neck section of Huntington, embracing q
l,63o acres. The price is reported as
s1,5o0,o0o.
The properties give Mr.. Field a.
frontage of more than two miles on
Long Island Sound and Lloyd's Har-
Dor. rms section, embracing 1,474
acres, was acquired from the Incor-
poIated Land Company at $500 an acre.
Ihe Ryan estate sold 150 acres at
Sl'ooo an acre. A fourteen ?acre grove,
at $3,oo0 an acre, was purchased from
hichard Derby, son-in-law of the late
theodore Roosevelt, whose family at
Neck
New-York tribune., 1921-06-12

the practices of the Police Department
IN inspecting motion picture theaters
ana IN issuing permits for holding
masquerade dances.
The police inspection of motion pic
Iufe eheaters in the tenement house dis
tflcts has been a subject of criticism
Tor months past. When Mrs. Ellen
y - Grady resigned last December as
ruth Deputy Police Commissioner she
charged that her work in rescuine girls
from immoral characters who frequent
sne cheap motion picture theaters was
hampered by politics in the denart.
ment -
She also charged that there was an
understanding between the department
ana representative of the motion pic
ture exhibitors that there should be no
arrest made by her squad, whose chief
oaty was to protect the morals of
young girls, until motion picture men
had been consulted.