The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-05-15

John C. Calhoun Mayo died at 2:20
o'clock Monday. May II, 1914, at the
Waldorf Astoria. Uremic poisoning
was the cause.
Mr.. Mayo at the time OF his death
was surrounded by members OF his
family and close friends. The end was
courageous, the same as MIR. Mayo's
career.
After long struggle for health in
Cincinnati and his home city OF
Paintsville, KY. Mr.. Mayo was taken
10 New York April 25 and took the
apartments in which he died. He had
the attention OF the city's and Ameri-
cas- best specialists. but they were
unable TO help him.
A week ago Mr.. Mayo showed IA
slight Improvement and arrangements
were made TO take him TO Long Beach.
Long Island. where. It was thought,
the ocean breezes would benefit him.
Relapse 10 Suffered.
The following day. just before he
was 70 have been taken To Long
Beach, he suffered relapse and be-
came aemiconscious. Since then he
had been In comatose condition, al
though at times he appeared stronger
and his family entertained hopes for
his recovery.
Pericarditis, an Inflammation OF the
sac which surrounds the heart, devel-
oped Friday and physicians despaired
OF his life. With the exception Of n
brief rally Sunday night he sank al
most constantly until the end came
Mrs. Mayo had been with her hus-
band through his illness and for near
ly day before his death she was at
his bedside continuously. With her
were their two children, who came to
New York Saturday night with their
grandfather. T. j. Mayo, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Atkinson. Mrs. Atkinson Is
a sister Of Mr.. Mayo.
Business Associates Present.
washington Mayo, brother Of the
dead man: J. w. M. Stewart, a cou-
sin, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Buckng-
ham, OF Paintsville. have been with
Mr.. Mayo also all during his Illness.
Mr.. Buckingham was associated with
the deceased man in business and at
one time n pupil OF Mr.. Mayo when
the latter was school teacher in Ken
lucky.
Mr.. Buckingham received hundreds
OF kilograms OF coincidence regarding
the death OF Mr.. Mayo. All convey
the same sentiment and belief, that
Kentucky has lost one OF it's greatest
powers for good and for the develop
ment OF the state of Kentucky.
AS boy John Mayo came TO know
the contents OF his native hills and he
realized more than any other man OF
his day and time the value OF coal
and iron and other minerals and clays
therein. His first and constant idea
was the development of those resource
es for his people-the mountain peo-
ple--and for himself. He came to the
Blue Grass when n youth and was
graduated with high honors from the
Kentucky Wesleyan College, then at
Millersburg, now at Winchester.
Then he went back to his beloved
mountains and taught school and
studied law He was finally admitted
to the bar and his small savings he
invested as rapidly as possibly in land,
which was then cheap. He was a nat
ural geologist and he rode the noun
tains over during the vacation period
and often from Friday adjournment
Of his school until the following Mon
day morning.
Bought Up Coal Lands.
II located lands that people wanted
to b, and he bought options upon
thousands of acres, though he was
forever telling his people OF the possi-
bilities in the lands II they would hold
them. His operations had been on the
west side of the Big Sandy river in
johnson and Pike counties when about
1889 or 1890 he got into touch with the
Merits, who were big iron and coal
operators of that period. They gave
him 100000 In cash and notes for
100000 for 10000 rs in johnson
and Pike counties .vld him that
they would pay him SIC an acre for all
that he could buy for them on the
eastern side of the Big Sandy Mayo
first bought his mother a nice home
In Paintsville and then began IN
vesting the remainder OF his 100000
cash and his discounted notes for
100000 in outright purchases and op-
tions on the east side Of the river.
BY that time the panic OF 1898 had
arrived and II broke the Merits and
badly crippled Mayo. He, however, TO
make good tho notes that he had dis
counted, attached about 10000 acres
OF land that the Morrita Ind bought In