The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Won |. THOMPSON
Is A CANDIDATE
STATED YESTERDAY HE WOULD
RUN FOR SENIOR JUDGEsHlP OF
THE CRIMINAL COURT OF JET
FERsoN COUNTY.

ne was cAnuluaIe LOT SeIllOr JuuBc VI Tic
criminal court of Jefferson county, subject
to the democratic primary in August
In speaking of his candidacy Mr.. Thomp-
son said:
1T is true that I am a candidate for
the senior 1udgship of the criminal court
of jefferson county, and 1 will in few
days announce to the public the name of
my campaign manager and my campaign
committee"
to the emergency and that every obliga-
ton will be met in the broadcast sense.
even if some of the officers do have to
walk the floor or lose little sleep.
1.-The best asset company can have is
loyalty of it's agents, and when an agent
knows the company's contracts are worth
a hundred cents on the dollar he should
give little assurance along with the
insurance he offers to the public.
1.-The reports from the big American
companies, together with the advices re-
ceived from the home offices of the for
eign companies, and the action of some
of the stockholders In going down into
their pockets for the protection of the as
sured, and, incidentally, that we may con-
tinue in business uninterruptedly, serve as
an inspiration and deserve our most hearty
applause"
Lloyd B. Barte of Mobile said In dis
cussing the same question that the local
agent who was true to the company and
to himself takes no hazardous moral risks,
and stated that the local agent was the
oor ~ t0aurQnra business.
Not So Hard.
In discussing the Agents Duties to His
Customers" Leopold Strauss of Montgom-
cry said:
TT is a question to the agent can a
man serve two masters?' He is the serv-
ant of the company and of his customer.
This is not as hard as 1t seems. An agent
can be fair to both. He should be fair
to customers by representing only first
class companies, then hunt first class GUS
TONERS for the companies The fire risk
is not only physical, but moral" He urged
the elevation of the business to high
plane by square dealing on the part of
the local agents. He continued: There
is little profit In the business and he did
not understand why 1t is the people jump
on the fire insurance companies on all
occasions"
Samuel l.. Crook of Admission spoke on
the third phase of the question, the duties
of the agent to himself, saying that he
did not know that an agent had such a
duty, and that during his long service he
had worked for the companies and his
customers w. i. Reynolds of Atlanta
discussed the same subject. and r. A.
Hancock of Atlanta addressed the meet
ing on the general work of the agents.
E. r. McDavid, insurance commissioner,
suggested that there be general dis
cussion of the subject instead of set
speech by him.
He said that he had recommended In his
report that a law be passed increasing
the state tax one-half per cent and for
bidding a municipal tax. He also stated
that he favored a law regulating fire
Investigations and said that 1t had been
tried with excellent results in North Car
DINA and resulted in the conviction Of a
large number of people for arson.
Mr. Crook introduced the following reso-
luton, which was adopted after heated
discussion:
II is the sense of the Alabama Fire
Underwriters association that when an
agent places insurance in a reputable
company or companies and said company
or companies should fail from disas-
ter which in no way involves the hon
esty of the management the loss of I'M
earned premium should fall upon the
assured and not upon the agent.
There was a heated discussion over
the motion, nearly every one present ex-
pressing views for or against 1t.