The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-22
THE DoLBOW-AYARs sUIT.


Honesty Upheld BY Delaware LAWS
Two weeks ago the Record published
an account Of Thomas Ayars' suit against
the Dupont Go. for wages which had peen
attached in Delaware on the suit OF "a
ward w. Dolbow, son of Edward +. Dol
bow. In our report wa the following;
"Mr. Ayars went security for e man VINO
bought a horse of Edw. D0lbow. Inc
purchaser and Mr.. Ayars the security re,
fusing to pay an attachment for $SS.6u
were made against his wages through 9
Delaware Justice"
A comment following the report OF the
trial stated that hundreds of dollars had
been similarly collected, sit is q good law
and New Jersey should have q similar
one, as the $500 exemption law protects
a big lot of dead BEATS"
The morning after publication Mr.:
Ayars called on the editor of the Record
and gave us q berating. Failing to learn
where the editor had got his information
further than that q report of his trial was
in the Sunbeam, South Jersayman and
Standard, he started for Salem threaten
ing legal vengeance.
a ooNoAnM nAA-o".
Last week the Sunbeam took up Mr.:
Ayars' defence. After calling the Record
article grossly unfair" it casts the fol-
lowing hallow around Mr.. Ayars:
Mr.. Ayars was at one time q Progrss,siyss
nnuntv For several wears mast his crops had
faiIiaT he had - sick ness in the family. and when
the hail storm came that ruined SO many grOW.
ing crops, Mr.sAyars was n OF the heaviest
sufferers. These conditions, over which I'm, MT
AyYars had no c COZ, ! ga cau sea f aha s - ert levied
~ w1sn his his STOCK. The siiair was wound up by
law firm Of Bridgeton and the creditors salts;
fed, but there was ass; one ed Dill o Oh ! nv to n.io 3 Ia 3
Ron Sa1n Mr.. Avars therefore gave the man
a note for this amount. this note having been
discounted until a7ad j. am mo- laG r 20 oo 0e, cyou iH9 hayye
c ns1 this amount but it appears that Mr.,
Ayars was a man who would pay his debts:
Delaware ar - mas as a q law wv aMttaaeclh0s4 each month
a an,pf the money m owed becomes = foreign debt
The Dupont company being g foreign CORPORA
ton: TINS s, iaw IN may gya Is : : g y IL n nns1e ca 81 nnon
~ tns ssrve causes more displeasure than it does
good and should be wiped of the statute books
II II Is 10 Dc put " SUCH nas'a"s u'o'
THE FACTS
as learned by the Record are rs follows:
Mr.. Ayars bought a COW of John B. Bon
ham for which he gave q note for $50.
The note held by Justice Bradley in Will
mington reads as follows:
s25. Jan. Is, 1902.
Ihree m0n u 1 a1IeI s aase ! PROMISE " pay
Twenty-Five Dollars
at LINE the Gn adraTe Na'loh Tu n~nn = = Ay4Rs
JOHN B. BoNHAM. Greenwich.
Mr. Aware failing tn nav the note. Mr..
Ronham sold e to Edw. w. Dolbow who
hro1oht sniff and attached Mr.. Ayar's
WAGES When Mr.. Avar's left Green.
wich nearly a. year 400 Mr.. Bonham
wanted the cow hack for tie note. but
Mr. Avars sold the COW. The financial
min Nv noor crons and the hail storm
NAV he ali trne az stated bv the Sunbeam.
hnf kaen in mind that the hail storm was
in 1900 d wears AGO.. while the note was
datad onlv 16 months 400. Mr.. Ayars
has been working on Carney Point at
the mason trade Tor S2.65 a day since last
Anpnst. vet the Sunbeam saws: seMr.
Ayars was a man who would pay his
debts"
After Mr.. Ayars became aware of how
he came to W Mr.. Dolbow, he acknowl-
edged the debt and quit work at Carney
Point because he owed other notes, not
w~ithstanding the Sunbeam says: "Under
the law no one could have collected this
amount"
COMMENT.
If Mr.. Ayars, or any other one would
show a willingness to pay as they become
able we doubt whether any one would
resort to law. When men are earning
from So to So a day it ia a ssfaprant'' mis-.
use of law according to the Sunbeam, and
stmost UBIQUITOUS" according to the Stand
ard to collect a debt by foreign attach.
ment. from those who wish to be shield.
ed behind the $500 exemption law, often
for the necessities of life. We venture to
say both the Sunbeam and Standard
have thousands of dollars of debts owed
them by persons in such circumstances
and the publishers would be glad to col
lect them even tho # be :slacrant'' and.
amost lniouitous.n There can he NO
hardshin entailed ON q man. showing q
WILLINGNESS. nor bv attachment. where
from - to S3 a dav r. received An
aoreamant to nav AZ or SIO q month
wonId satisfy ali reasonable cred;tors
Most man are better off hv agreeing tn dn
that and continuing to work at the Car.
nov Point nowdar Works than hv nn;tt;no
and WORKING at commo labor
TEE Law"
The dupont POWDER Works
on carney ON and the kepauno Chem
zeal works at GlDDstoWn, are run by the
Dupont Company, a Delaware corpora
tlon: Inc workmen are legally working
ing IN Delaware where their wages are
u Inc wages are seized under a writ
OF 1orelgn attacnment. M RECORD has
Deen INFORMED ina. New jersey and
fennsyivanla nave similar laws for at
sacnlng ploPer.y OF NONRESIDENT ana ab,
scondlng debtors, otherwise men could
move from n State to another without
a law to reach them.
Alter the wages are attached the debtor
has ~ Gays In winch TO appear and de-