The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-05-22

the number of people enriched through
dealings with him. The possession OF
wealth acquired by mort patient la
borious toll never made him avaric-
ious, nor selfish His generosity did
not stop with lavish giving of his hard
earned money, but he was never too
much engrossed in his own affairs to
give without stint his time and his
talent as well as his fortune to those
whose only appeal was their need OF
aid, Only the Eye which seeth the
things done in secret will ever know
the extent of his benefactions. for his
good deeds were all done without the
slightest ostentation.
His innate modesty Stunned all the
gauds and trappings of wealth ana
power. His loyalty to duty as he saw
| his duty was supreme. We recall an
instance illustrating this trait most
wildly when he turned from the sug-
gestion of seat in the Senate of the
United States because he felt that 10y
atty to those whom he had interested
/ in numerous business enterprises
would prevent the acceptance of an
honor so inviting. His devotion to his
| friends knew no bounds. Perhaps the
most striking passages in all literature
are those that depict the undying
| friendship of Ruth and Naomi-o OF
David and Jonathan. The heart throbs
of peasant and prince alike have out
lived the centuries that are dead and
vanished and taught to all men
throughout all years the eternal worth
of friendship. But no man whom John
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| lesson.
His hospitality was limitless, shar-
Ii ing even with the stranger within his
gates all that he possessed, His faith
| in his work, in himself. in his fellow
man, and his deep, abiding faith In his
| God was the rock upon which he
lbuilt his great success He never used
any mans failure as a stepping stone
| one of his priceless memories he
leaves to his neighbors, his friends
and his family, is the knowledge that
no wrong, or fraud, or injustice caused
or contributed to his fortune.
| "Of him, as a son honoring his par
ents, as husband cherishing his wife
i and as a father loving his children
| too much cannot be said.
"As long as memory remains, his
name will echo in the hearts OF his
| friends.
| ,"Kentucky has nurtured some great
sons. Ask for eloquence, and she
answers with Clay. Seek for great
ness, and she offers Lincoln. Demand
| valor, and a hundred bloody fields
clamor trumpet tongued the names OF
her heroic dead,
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| their silent tents are spread
| And Glory guards with solemn
| round the bivouac OF her dead.
But all glory is not alike. one star
| differeth from another star in glory.
! And the glory of the forum the glory
Of the cabinet, and the glory Of the
battlefield all differ from the glory due
builds the material resources OF the
builds the material ersources Of the
Nation. To this man, lonely in the
eminence of his chosen field, Kentucky
must accord very great honor and
glory. John C. c. Mayo is her first
and only great business genius.
| SIN the years that are to come, as
more and more the great coal empire
/ OF Eastern Kentucky comes into its
| own, the splendid achievements OF
Mayo will loom into palmer view. his
| great abilities find reader recogni
ton, and his rare qualities OF head and
heart make deeper impress upon his
people His State and his Country
are UNNECESSARILY richer because Of his
/ life and his work, and his friends and
| his family are most desolate indeed
because OF his DEATH"