The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-09-29
MART |. CONLEY
ANSWERS THE
CALL OF DEATH.
Earthly Career of Former
Louisa Man Comes to a
Sudden Close.

suddenly at Cincinnati last Sunday
evening, Sept. 24th. Uraemic poison
ing is believed to have been the cause.
In May, 1919, he submitted TO serious
operation at the hands of DR.. VIM.
Mayo, Rochester, MINI. An abscess
on one OF the kidneys made It neces-
sary TO remove third of the organ.
He apparently had been well most of
the time since that but recently there
was some indication of further trou-
BILE there. However the climax came
with shocking suddenness.
For two years the family had been
living in Cincinnati in order to give
the boys better schooling, Mr.. Conley
continued his duties at Camel City,
Morgan county, KY, visiting the fam
lily when he could. Upon the occasion
of his death he had gone home on
Friday, after having been sick most
of the week. He complained of a Sc
we're pain in the back of his head. near
the base of the brain. Remedies were
applied that gave temporary relief
Sunday afternoon he accompanied the
! family on an automobile drive of an
hour or more. Returning home he
asked for a cup of coffee and went
| up stairs. Mrs. Conley heard him
moaning and she and the oldest son
ran to him. He became. unconscious
very soon afterward and lived only a
1 few minutes.
The wife and three sons, ages H. 9.
land survive. Also, one sister Miss
/ Stella Conley, and one brother, NJ. +.
| Conley, of Louisa ..,
! Mr.. Conley was native of Louisa
but left here before reaching mature
1 manhood His visits here have been
!nfrequent. For "a years he had been
1T Camel City in charge of the Ohio
( < Kentucky railway, a line 43 miles
1 ong extending from Jackson to Index.
/ near West Liberty. Also, he was in
I charge of the Kentucky Block Camel
| CoaT Company, and the head of the
4 Morgan County National Bank. For
/ more than two years his resignation
I had been in the hands of the owners
4 If the railroad and coal mines but they
! had not relieved him. The 1922 Leg
i5lature placed him on the State High
4 way Commission with General VIM.
| Sibert, retired army engineer and two
other men. The law provides for this
frOmmission to take charge of road
| building in Kentucky next January.
| The funeral and burial took place
| in Cincinnati on Wednesday morning.
| Floral offerings and kilograms were
received in large numbers Among
/ hose present from outside the city
were: w. T. Congleton and wife, w,
=. Bach and wife, VIM. Watson, Al.
Carver and wife, Prof. T. j. Barr
Attorneys Robt. Rives and Monroe
Nickel, all of Lexington; Senator r. c..
simmons of Covington; Mr. and Mrs
! Nuin of Newport; S. NJ F'reese of
Wheeling. w, Va; Mr.. Faulkner of
Paris; ]. H. Stricklin, Hugh Minor Mr..
i md Mrs. G.. w. Leslie and little daugh-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Snowden and
Miss Snowden, Mr.. Ellington, Mr..
Effort, all of Camel City and vicinity.
Miss Stella, NJ F., Neil B. and Misy
Elizabeth Conley of Louisa.
The kindness of Hon. R. c: McClurt
a supplying the following article is
" gratefully acknowledged by the rela-
tives, Mr.. Mcclure was once his
teacher;
A TRIBUTE.
A telegram announcing the sudden
and untimely death of Martin Leslie
! Ccnley at his home in Cincinnati or
last Sunday, cast a pail of grief and
sorrow over the entire city, Louisa
the home of his childhood. a former
E Lawrence county boy, of whom We
: were all so Justly proud, had crossed
? the divide-so recently with us during
q Home Coming Week" that we car
y see him yet. as with that rugged
I robust, commanding figure-the yer.
incarnation of physical force and in
y teTectual energy, so characteristic o
5 the man he was in his varied relations
TO the business world, he walked ou
streets and warmly greeted each IA
miliar face, the relatives and Friends
i, of his youth. OF all those who hat
J. wandered away from the place of thei
nativity and cast their fortunes il
u other fields of endeavor that cam
; aack to see us on that occasion, none
:, seemingly, enjoyed the greeting of oh
u friends more than Mart" Conley, a
we familiarly welcomed back thi
II Lawrence county boy that had gon
. out into the world and made good
came back to us, bringing with hin
3 his interesting little family, the gueS
u of his brother, NJ, +. Conley, durint
{" .he week. In speaking of him now
!, we recur tenderly to this last appear
y Fance on the streets of his home tow
AS the soft light of home revealed hin
e in his true nature, as together w
q walked and talked and listened to tn
plaintive airs of beautiful southern
songs, always an attractive personal
ity. always a gentleman.
g Martin Leslie Conley is gone, n
Q more shall we see him on the street
nf his native citV hut i'm his life n
leaves noble example to the yout
= of his native county. With no re
!, sources save those which God ma
" given him--an exceptionally bright an
I" active mind, robust health stron
physique and indomitable will power
~ he began the struggle of life for for
. tune and fame, an unequal contes
n hut one that was destined at the Ell