The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-14
SPIRITED CONTROVERSY
ON INSURANCE MATTERS
ARTICLES APPEARING IN THE co
LUMBlA RECORD.
Mr.. Aull. Secretary of State Ware
house Commissioner, Takes Is
sue With ''SecretariuS.

sue With ''SecretariuS.
Special to Tle Herald anG News.
Columbia, April PA writer sign.
ing himself 'Secretarius" has beer
writi2,g series Of articles IN the Co,
Iumb;a Record, since the passage OF
he Laney-Odom anti-compact act, at
tacking the act and taking the posi-
ton that the legislature made mis-
take in passing it.
l. a recent article. the eighth of the
series, he charged that the Southeast
ern companies had cancelled their in
surance policies on State Warehouse
cotton last year because the ware
houses would not pay the premiums.
This was denied by Mr.. J2o. K. Aull,
secretary to the State warehouse COM
missioner. and Secretarius came by
with a rejoinder in which he contend
"a that Mr.. Aull's denial was a
Ditiful evasion. tMr. Aull has replied
at length, and the entire correspond
snce makes Interesting reading-espe-
clally the last reply of Mr.. Aull-and
sheds a good deal Of light upon the
Insurance situation generally.
The correspondence follows:
Columbia Record, April :, 1915
Makes Challenge to ''Secretarius."
70 the Editor of The Record:
In the eighth effusion OF "Secre-
carius.' displayed in your issue OF
april ). there occurs the following
statement:
"For quite time the commission
e-s business (referrf@g to the bust
less OF the State warehouse commits
s;oner) was written at this rate by
the Association companies. Most, If
not all of it. was written through
local office; there was much trouble
aoout reports and various other de-
tails, and after sundry lotices OF dis
satisfaction my information is that
the insurance was cancelled for non
payment of premiums.
I beg to state that Secretarius' in
formation is absolutely untrue. The
State warehouse office does not owe
the Association companies one cent
for premiums. and has never owed
them a cent.
Tine same charge which Secretarlus
states. on infornatio., was stated III
almost exactly the same language on
the floor of the House Of Representa-
tives. during the discussion of the
Laney-Odom measure, by one of the
representatives from Richland county.
It was refuted upon facts furnished BY
the office of the State warehouse
commissioner. in a statement made on
the floor of the house by MIR. Odom
do not know Secretarius person
aI!v and would not know him if were
10 meet him on the street, and there
fore casnot state whether he was III
attendance upon the sessions CT 0ne
genral assembly and had opportunity
70 hear the charge made there and re-
fu+ed by Mr.. Odom, in a statement Oh
facts-not insinuatio2s. do know
however that some of those with
whom secretarius seems to hold daily
communion were in constant attend
ance upon the general assembly, ana
that some of them were preset when
Mr Odom refuted the charge, and 1t Is
strange in all the mass Of Information
which they have furnished Secretarlus,
that they omitte' this.
There are sevral other misleading
statements in regard to the office OF
the State warehouse commissioner, IN
this eighth effusion. but Secretarius
writes so much possibly he got in the
habit during the Underwood cam
paign) that he may be pardoned for
running out of facts sometimes before
all the space allotted to him IS filled.
JNO. x. AULL,
Sec State Warehouse Com.
Columbia. April g.