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The deaths reported in this paper of two former residents of this town,
Mr. DAILEY and Mr. BROWN, will be of interest to many Tazewell people,
particularly the older people, who knew these men, and who still know many
members of families with whom they had their descendants are connected,
many of whom live in this county. Samuel Cecil DAILEY was brother to the
late I.M DAILEY, and has two brothers still living, Viz: A.F. DAILEY,
Baptist Valley and W. W. DAILEY, now living in Missouri. Deceased was
therefore, uncle to our fellow citizen, John D. DAILEY. His mother was a
Cecil, and he was therefore connected with a very large number of people
in Tazewell and other counties. Nearly all the prominent families of the
county are connected nearly or remotely, with the CECILS. To undertake to
trace them all would require more time and space than we have at our command. It would make an interesting story, and John
DAILEY, better than
any man in the county could do it if he would. And he ought to do so.
George W. BROWN, who died in Kansas, was also related and connected by
marriage, to many Tazewell people. His wife, Miss YOUNG, a sister the late
Charles YOUNG, and the venerable John B. YOUNG, father of Mrs. Ras
SCOTT, and sister to Mrs. O. M. BROWN, Mrs. Emaline BOYD, Mrs.
DUFF, of Richlands; and Mrs. SWANGLE all living. Patton BROWN, of Richlands is a
brother of the deceased, and so these two Tazewell men each have many relatives and
connections here who will hear of this death with sadness.
The jury in the case of the Commonwealth against James T. LAWSON, returned
a verdict yesterday of not guilty. It will be recalled that LAWSON
shot and Killed Frank BUTT, a painter, at Pocahontas, on last Thanksgiving
night in a bar room at Pocahontas. The case has been on trial here for
several days. It is understood that LAWSON will have to face another
indictment - that of shooting Police Jude OWEN at Pocahontas that same
night.
Circuit court is still in session, a number of important cases having been
disposed of since that last issue of the news. On last Saturday the jury
in the case of Stephen DAWSON against the Empire Coal Land Corp. for
$10,000, for damages sustained in the defendants mines near Richlands several months ago, brought in a verdict for the defendant. An array of
counsel, representing the leaders of the bar represented both the defendant and the complainant.
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