Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-28
LOVE AND THE LAW
Common Success Depends on Mutual
HeIpfulness.

Common Success Depends on Mutual
Helpfulness.
Once when bread and honey were up
for discussion little girl from the
city asked her country cousin this
question: Does your papa keep a
bee?"
And that is all there is Of the story.
But let me here state great, undis-
puted fact: A bee alone never makes
honey.
A bee alone is not self-supporting.
In fact, a bee when alone loses heart,
absolutely; it even forgets how to
sting. And separated a distance of
three to five miles from its hive II will
droop and die.
Bees are successful only as they
work with other bees.
A man alone will accomplish moth
ing. All Of his thoughts and acts have
a direct relationship with others.
Men succeed only as they work to-
gether.
Without companionship. ambition
droops, courage flags, reason totters,
ambition vanishes, and the man dies.
Nature puts a quick limit on the
| horrors Of solitary conflnement-she
unhinses the reason Of the prisoner, and
" addresses comrades who have no
existence save in his fevered imagina-
| ton.
The prisoner who does useful work
Is In direct communication with other
people-he works for others, and the
thought that he Is doing something for
somebody sustains him.
The ''lifer" Is always sustained by
the hope Of pardon-as long as he lives
he Is q part of the whole, and should II
ever come to him that his case Is q
hopeless one and he is alone his use
fulness is gone
Soldiers who are towards by them
selves often fight bravely when placed
on the firing line with others.
We succeed only as we band our
selves with others. Each man Is a
molecule that Is needed to make up the
all.
| Successful employers of labor recog-
nize this full we'll, for they always al
low their helpers to work In gangs
where possible.
| A division superintendent in 49, en-
ploy Of the Pennsylvania railroad tells
me that In painting station houses he
has found that four men working to-
gether will do at least five times as
much as one man working alone, and
they will also do their work better.
Teachers know the principle, and
thus they teach in classes. The private
tutor Is never quite a success unless
his scholar is defective. Children
will teach each other quite as much as
they are taught by their teachers.
Healthy people like to work, play, eat.
learn and live together.
The kindergarten spirit-and no finer
thing exists-is only possible through
association. A child absolutely alone
would never evolve; a child deprived Of
the companionship OF its own becomes
abnormal
A great man is one who carries the
kindergarten spirit right through life.
and any one who carries the kinder
garten spirit through life is great.
The sheepherder, alone on the noun
tains, often Is possessed by illusions
and hallucinations, and yet he has his
dog, his horse. his flock. and these to a
degree supply comradeship, but they
are not enough. He needs humans.
1t is wise to go up into the noun
tain, but not to remain there; 1t is well
to cultivate silence and solitude, but
only that we may return to our work
in society rested and refreshed.
Man was made for association. He
is a part Of the all and cannot be sep
arated from it. william Morris said,
Fellowship is heaven, and the lack Of
fellowship is hell
The first factor in the evolution Of
humanity Is mutual aid. A family liv-
ing in the country, depending on agri-
culture for their support, is little
community. There Is the father. moth
,r, half a dozen children and grand
parents. II they lived purely individ-
ual life each adult when he got up In
the morning would start q fire for him
self and prepare his own breakfast.
But not so One starts fire, anoth-
er brings In fuel, another goes for
bucket Of water, still others go out and
take care of the stock. When the meal
is ready all partake Of it.
After breakfast each one goes to
work and does the thing he can do
best. The girls help their mother put
the house in order; they sew, wash,
work in the garden or among the fiow-
ers and keep the home presentable and
sanitary. The men and boys will care
for stock, plow or cut down trees for
lumber or fuel. The boy too small to
work, but who can ride horseback,
goes to town on errands or fon the
mail The old man rocks the cradle
and churns The grandmother darns,
| mends and knits. Each slips naturally
into the place where he belongs, taking
up the task he can do best and work.
ing for the good Of all. The one who
can bestow most benefits receives most
honors. In the case Of the old. they are
honored and loved for what they have
done, and the young are honored and
loved for the hope Of what they will
become. At harvest time men, women
and children will go out into the or
chards and fields and work at the COM
mon task Of garnering the crop. Such
family, possessed Of even moderate
mental attainments, that works with
reasonable zeal and simple common
sense and works together will grow
wealthy. AS the years pass by the
barns will grow greater, the dwelling
will be enlarged and beautified outside
and in, trees will be planted and bring
forth fruit or supply a grateful shade.
The place will take on the attitude Of
good cheer, tokening happiness and
reasonable content.
1t is not necessary to see the man to
know what sort of a person he is
You know the farmer by the appear
ance Of his farm-his character Is
written all over II. His cattle, horses.