The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-04-02

by an unknown BLACKBOARD who threat
ened to expose him unless he ceased hi
ii attacks on certain vices existing in tina
city; with the result that he gave up tn
II position which he had honOrably held fo
II seven years, and left for parts unknown
We are glad to be able to print seque
to the story, which will go far in the mat
ter of disproving the oft repeated asser
ton that everybody is ready to kick an
keep down man who has been unfOrtunat
enough to serve term in prison.
The following comes to us direct from Cum
berland. It will be interesting to you, so we Civ
it in full:
Cumberland, Md, March l6-Harry S. Hay
ward is coming back to Cumberland This is the
word that spread all this city And about every
body in Cumberland is mighty glad he is coming
back. Hayward is the who for years
the local editor of of the Cumberland newspapers
month ago he disappeared, and the who
owned the paper that he worked for found farewell
letter his desk In the letter Hayward confessed
that he had ''served time in the Maryland state
penitentiary
Hayward went to prison, served his time and
came out He turned up in Cumberland seven years
ago. He gave testimonials when he got job
the Cumberland paper, but he became crack lack
newspaper and for the past seven years max
ing good. Everybody liked Hayward, realized his
worth and he perhaps of the ten leading cti-
zens of the Maryland city.
few weeks ago he started a reform crusade on
the spots of the town. Then unknown got
busy and began writing letters Harry. The letters
threatened that if Harry didn't stop his reform work
through his paper that his prison would be
vealed. Fearing to face the disgrace, Hayward dis
appeared.
AS the people of the city learned of the
story, stories sent out and printed in every
paper of any size in the United States These told
Harry that everybody in Cumberland had faith in him
and wanted him to come back. His old boss the
who owns the paper, signed the invitation and told
Harry that he would trust him with his money and his
life at any old time
On Sunday it announced that Hayward is in
nearby city, either Baltimore Washington,
possibly Philadelphia. He telephoned and said that
he would be back soon to take up his old job.
Our principal object in printing this story il
this column is to emphasize the contention we have
held, always and that is, that great deal depends
upon the man himself whether he shall be bounded
and made to again resort to crime after he has
done one ''bit' in prison. If Harry Hayward hac
had streak of yellow" in him; if he had lacked
the manhood or the stamina to make good; if he
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left the Maryland penitentiary, he would probably
be serving his second, third orfourth term as
prisoner is some penal institution. Instead o.
that he made up his mind to go in and win; and wiz
he did.
All that the people-that is the large ma orty
of the people-the right thinking people, want tt
see is that a man means business. Demonstrate t.
their satisfaction that you are sincere in your de-
sire to live right and show by earnest effort thai
you have outlived the past and they will not only
respect you but will rally to your support SHOULD
you later be attacked by some mongrel cur seeking
to defame or expose you.
The Hayward incident will serve to strengthen
the hearts and build up the hopes of the men her,
who have dreaded to face the world again; and fol
this one reason we are glad it happened. 1t doe
more than that-it marks the people of Cumber
land as being of the very highest type of God'
children in whose hearts is implanted the trues
evidence of Christian love for humanity They
not of the type that think any sin that flesh i
heir to is an OBJECTIONABLE SIM" but are firm
believers in the Christly teaching that
"Ihough your sins be scarlet they shall be aohite
though they be red like crimson they shall be as
aooo."