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THE COURANT -AMERICAN.
V(.)L XIX..
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■oncentrated Their Forces Before
B Gen- Roberts
|AY RAISE LADYSMITH SIEGE-
B|raP hlc Description of Gen. Cron
■ je’sßetreat-Boers Escape With
I Heavy Guns and Wagons.
I London, Feb. 2.—The Boers
■.p'-oius iH the positions held
Bv mem on 'British territory and
Kncentrating for the defense of
f leir own. Gen. Buller thinks
ML .re about to raise the siege of
Badvsmith. Gen. Clements re
■LV that the force confronting
Kim has been greatly diminished.
Bw thousand men are estimated to
-.rone from the Colesburg dis-
Brict alone. The Boers are also
I retracing their steps from Zululand.
L ev are relaxing their holds on
all sides in order to assemble to op
pose Lord Roberts. He is pressing
011 steadily towards Bloemfontein.
Thisis shown in his inconsequential
telegram from Panrdeberg, fifty or
sixty miles away. Doubtless he is
miles behind the column that is
pursuing the Boers and the next
important news may be the occu
pation of Rloemfontein. Nothing
has been heard of the chase of
Cronje for two days. Although the
last words of the war office tonight
were that there was no news for
publication* there is a strong dis
position to believe that
favorable information
has arrived, but is being withheld
until the operations culminate in
som thing more conclusive. There
is an equally strong disposition to
think that Cronje has got away.
Owing to lack of transports the
Britis i are not likely to invade ter
ritory except where Lord Roberts
is operating.
buller’s future.
Gen. Buller will have to stop at
the Drakensberg mountains. Prob
able part of his 40,000 men will ul
timately join the legions of Lord
Soberts. If, as Gen. Buller avers,
the Boers are retreating from him,
then the news on every side is fa
vorable to the British. Neverthe
less, t.oops continue to go up. The
war office thinks that the calls to
veterans to rejoin the colors, to
gether with the bounty will bring
40,000 men to
the home defense.
The urgency with which home
defense is pressed, excites some
wonder. With the casualties just
reported, the British losses in killed,
wounded and captured now aggre
gate 11,102.
gen cronje’s retreat.
London, Feb. 20. —A correspond
ent of the Daily Chronicle, tele
graphing Sunday, thus describes
Gen. Cronje’s retreat with the
Boers at Magersfontein on learning
0 Gen. French’s success:
On Thursday at midnight, head
ed by Gen. Cronje, 5,000 Boers,
"ith their heavy guns and ox-wag
ons, evacuated the Magersfontein
nies. At dawn on Friday the re
treating Boer army was seen from
tie British naval gun station of
'P Grift kopje trekking eastward
across the British front, at a dis
tance of 5,000 yards. Our guns
opened up on them and a force of
mounted infantry,crossing the river,
mane a dashing charge in an at
tempt to cut off the head of the
enemy’s column. Butin half an
uuir their whole force had gained
Reiter under a line of kopjes.
, amv hile, two of our batteries,
a ad come up and the Oxfords
buffalos, West Ridings and Glou
cesters. Our infantry ciossed the
c “iit and for three hours were en
gaged with tl-.e enemy, while our
atteries shelled his position. The
mounted infantry kept hard at
w irk.
Unable to withstand our galling
ore tne enemy retired, disputing
\ er y lnc h °f the way and took up
a second position on' the kopjes to
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the eastward. It was a magnifi
cent spectacle to see the Boer ar
my thus at bay. Their rear guard,
2.000 strong, fought us while the
main body trekkea further east j
and then brought tu“ir guns into
action, while the rear guard retir
ed.
The action lasted through the
day. Our infantry fought splen
didly, but the enemy held his
ground under his continued bom
bardment. Later on the Boer
commander ventured on a bold
stroke. Leaving 2,000 of his men
under cover he withdrew the right
from his main position, heading
for Klip Kraal drift, six miles to
the east. This action was soon
discovered. Our cavalry came
back across the drift and marched
along the south, to endeavor to
head off the enemy. When they
reached the neighborhood of
Klip Kraal drift night had fallen.
Our mounted infantry harassed the
Boer movements. The rear guard
fought desperately and as it fell
back to the river it was harassed
on the flank and rear by the Brit
ish. Having thus passed the Mod
der under cover of darkness, the
Boers trekked throughout the night
in the direction of Bloemfontein.
Gen. Kelly Kenny, with the Sixth
division, pursued them at daylight
Gen. MacDonald with Highlanders,
following him. MacDonald reach
ed Klip Kraal drift by forced
inarches Sunday. Gen. Kelly-
Kenny, moving from Klip Kraal
drift, was endeavoring to outflank
the enemy and to cut them off from
Bloemfontein, so as to cut them
back into Gen. MacDonald shands.
When I left the front Gen. Kelly-
Kenny had not come up with the
enemy.
GEN, BULLFR’S REPORT-
From the Seat of War in South Afrl.
can Republic,
London, Feb. 19. —The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Gen. Buller:
Chievelv Camp, Feb. 19. —I yes
terday moved around the enemy’s
flank. The Queen’s Own, who had
bivouacked on the northern slope
of Gingolo, crossed the nek, and
supported by the rest of the Second
brigade under Hildyard, assaulted
and took the southern end of Monte
Cristo. The Fourth brigade, on
the left or western slope, and the
Welsh Fusiliers, supported by the
rest of the Sixth brigade cavalry’s
position while the Second brigade
cavalry, on the extreme right,
watched the eastern slopes of
Monte Cristo and drove back those
of the enemy attempting to escape
there from our artillery fire 011 their
front and flank, and attacked on
their flank and rear, the enemy
made but slight resistance, and
abandoning their strong position,
were driven across the Tugela.
I have taken several camps, a
wagon-load of ammunition, several
wagon-100 ds of stores, and a few
prisoners.
The weather has been intensely
hot, and the ground traversed was
exceedingly difficult. But the
energy and dash of the troops have
been very pleasant to see. They
have all done splendidly. The
work of the irregular cavalry, the
Queen’s, the Scots Fusiliers and
the Rifle Brigade was perhaps most
noticeable, while the excellent
practice of the artillery and naval
guns and the steadiness of the
gunners under at times very ac
curate fire of the naval guns from
Chievely w r as of great assistance
Our casualties are not, I think,
many.
Team Cremated-
A wagon and pair of mules were
so badly burned Monday last as to
cause the killing of the mules and
the ruin of the wagon, says the
Cedartown Courier.
About 5 1-2 o’clock Monday af
ternoon last a careless driver drove
his team into the seething red hot
cinders near the big furnace and as
a result of which carelessness the
mules were so badly burned as to
necessitate killing them, and the
wheels of the wagon so badly injm
eLas to render it worthless until re
pairs are made.
The team belonged to the Chero
kee Iron furnace, and no cause can
be assigned for the accident save
the thoughtless carelessness of the
negro driver.
GOLDEN WEOOiIC
ANNIVERSARY.
Col. and Mrs- C-IV!-Jones Reach
the Fiftieth lYlilepost-
OF THEIR WEDDED LIFE
And Geletarate The Day at Their
Home, Where a General Family
Reunion is Held-
The golden wedding anniver
sary of Col. and Mrs. C. M. Jones
was celebrated at their picturesque
country home, a few’ miles south
of the city, on Tuesday 'ast. The
event was made also the occasion
of a reunion of the family, and that
the ten children were all permitted
to be present and in good health
was a fact worthy of appreciation
by this couple, and give them cheer
as they ascend the golden slope.
The assemblage presented an in
teresting, as well as in a number
of respects, a remarkable family
picture.
The sons and daughters, sons-in
law, daughters-in-law, their chil
dren and children’s children, num
ber in all 55. Of these, only a son
in-law and daughter-in-law or so
and the only two great grandchil
dren were absent. Every stage of
humanity was present, from the
crooning, pratting innocent babe
to those on whose strong brows
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COE. AND MRS. CHARLES MILTON JONES.
sit age, with its experience and its
wisdom. The children, like their
parents, are specimens of vitality
and physical vigor rare as well as
refreshing. Their avoirdunois tells
the tales of vigor and robustness,
the weights ranging from 165 to
256 pounds, three of the number
weighing over 200. The grand
children, with their rosy cheeks
and agile movements bearthestamp
of buoyancy and the glow of thor
ough healthfulness. Cheery, dis
positions as well as handsome faces
a e a manifest belonging through
out the whole family.
Their years sit lightly on the
aged couple, Mrs. Jones though
weighing herself only 119 pounds,
being lithe and springy in her
movements, buoyant and active,
while Col. Jones, with scarcely a
gray hair in his head, with an
elastic step that would fit a man of
forty goes about his duties with
never a complaint of physical
shortcomings. With a constant
smile betokening the bounty of
good feeling behind it, he made
himself king of the occasion, try
ing to make all realize in the day
one of enjoyment and seemingly
himself at the happiest period of
his existence.
“I have much to be thankful
for,” said he, “ray children all be
ing spared me and through expe
riences of life where many would
have faltered and given way I have
held up, and with my wife am
spared to witness this occasion, so
rare in the lives of people.” Then
with a mischievous twinkler in his
eye yet beaming with brightness,
he said: “I am realizing the fact
that if the wife don’t at first, she
will eventually be the boss, as mine
makes me play the boy'by bring
ing in the fire wood and carrying
out the dishwater and things of
that sort.”
It was intended by Mrs. Jones
that the programme of the day
should be carried out on lines cor
responding with those of fifty years
ago, and she directed that the ce
dars in the yard be whitewashed
and that the cakes he made pyramid
al in shape and surmounted by
branches of cedar whited with
icings, but the adverse will of the
daughters, with up-to-date notions,
necessitated a compromise that
only admitted of the butter being
put in cone shaped bulk and a
spiral of fancy frazz.es running
from the bottom to the top and a
few whitened cedar boughs 011 tire
side board to peep down from their
realm of ancient recognition on the
modern array on the table. The
dinner was an elegant and tempt
ing spread- f faultlessly cooked sub
stantial ana delicate viands.
Early in th • afternoon pictures
of the ram.' hi h. ... nt group
ings, weie 1... >ii yh: ui' rapher
Menkee, wh.e.i wer secured with
difficulty, ow.i ~ hr.- task of
keeping the babies st 11 and Col..
Jones’ head at the ligh: poise, a
bell being used for the babies and a
whistle for Col. Jones proving fin
ally of avail.
An impressive and intere ting
feature of the occasion was the
christening of four of the grand
children, in which ceremony Rev.
C. A. Allday officiated.
This gentle nan recited in a
splendid manner two selections ap
propriate to the occasion, one be
ing “John Anderson My Joe John,”
with a pretty addition, and the
other “Poor Old Joe,” being a
plaint readily recognizable against
the lault of ingratitude.
One of the most welcome guests
of the occasion was Mr. W. A.
Greer, of Norcross, better known
by his boyhood chum and .life-time
friend, Col. Jones, as Bill Greer.
He had come the day before as far
as Ac worth, where he got one of
the dry goods clerks to fasten a
high standing collar and a flaming
necktie pn, so he could go over to
his friend’s, the Colonel’s, and ‘tell
the riddle and undo the declara
tion of independence.’ He was the
life of the occasion with his quaint
jokes and clever drolleries. His
theology, he admitted, was a little
short, but as a Highland Mission
ary Baptist he ranked at least
medium. Mr. Greer made the re
markable statement that of the ten
attendants at Col. and Mrs. Jones’
marriage, though fifty years had
passed, eight were now living, one
of whom was himself.
Jake Moore, of Rome, the jolly,
rollicking Jake, who is everything
from a fondler of pretty babies and
a teller of good jokes to one of the
cleverest and sharpest of Georgia’s
politicians, with his estimable wife
and bright and pretty little daugh
ter, was on hand, and it was al
most cruel in some of the crowd
who refused to believe Jake’s sol
emn story that the patch of gray
locks underneath his left ear came
from dampness in the church base
ment where he went to Sunday
school. He proved it to the sat
isfaction of all, however, when he
took a group of the children and
led them in spirited songs from the
old as well as the late song books.
A minister present was wont just
here to remind him of his once
breaking up one of his appoint
ments by taking his congregation
to a singing convention, a mile or
two away. ,
One who enjoyed the day to the
utmost and who received a warm
welcome, was Joe Blake, an
old colored servant of the fam
ily, who now does duty as porter
on the W. & A. railroad, a posi
tion secured him from Gov. Brown
by Col. Jones, and which he has
held twenty-four years.
The children living, all of whom
were present, are Miss Louisa J.
Jones, Mrs. M. E. Morris, Emer
son; W. L- Jones, farmer, Cave
Spring; C. VV. Jones,farmer, Stiles
boro; T. H. Jones, larmer, Cher
okee county; J. P. Jones, broker,
Mobile, Ala.; J. M. Jones, Emer
son; Mrs J. E. McElroy, Noreross,
Ga.; Mrs. J. P. Chamblee, Rome;
Virgil Tones, Atlanta. There
is one child dead, Robert Lee
Jones:
Col. Janes possesses a nature
which braves circumstances for the
consummation of ends sought and
his wonderful energies stand out
as conspicuous characteristics of
his commendable citizenship. He
is a Georgian who loves his state,
and on the walls of his home por
traits of such men as Grady and
Joe Brown hold first prestige.
His farm, we learn, ranks in
Georgia official estimate, as if not
first, along with the most valuable
in the state. He tells interesting
ly of how he married with nothing
and borrowed a horse and buggy
to take his bride home, and how
lie has striven since with never
flagging will.
He was the son of Wylie and
Nancy (Lively) Jones, and was
born in what is now DeKalb coun
ty, Georgia, July 29th. 1829. His
grandfather, William Jones, was a
native of Wales, England, who
when he emigrated to America,
settled in Maryland, where he died.
Mr. Jones’ father left Maryland
when a young m in, came to Geor
gia and settled in Morgan county
where he married. Later he moved
to what is now DeKalb county,
where he engaged in farming and
stock raising and died in 1830.
His children were Francis, wife of
Jacob House, Cobb county, Geor
gia; William L. died in 1854 i n
Alabama. Reared on thepiantat on,
receiving common school educa
tion; his father having died when
he was young, Col. Jones was de
prived of some advantages in this
respect he might otherwise have
enjoyed. Attaining to man's es
tate he engaged in farming as a
life occupation.
He enlisted in 1861 in Cos. F.,!
Thirty- ixth Georgia regiment, in
which he was commissioned first
lieutenant. At PerryviHe he was
seriously injured, forcing a tem
porary retirement. Six months la
ter he raised the econd Georgia
brigade of reserves, in which he
was commissioned colonel and at
the time of surrender commanded
the brigade. He was, while in
service, in engagements at Taze
well, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.,
Lexington,Covington, Georgetown,
Frankfort, Versailles, Ky., and
near Charleston, S. C.
After the war he farmed at the old
homestead till 1873, when he mov
ed to present farm, the old Bate
place. He had 800 acres but fin
ally increased to several thousand.
He has engaged in mining, mill
ing and development. His prop
erty abounds in minerals. The
town of Emerson was founded by
Col. Jones.
Col. Jones has been well honor
ed by public positions. He was
sheriff of DeKalb in early manhood
four year,s. In 1882 he represented
Bartow county in the legisluture.
In 1850 he married Miss Sarah,
daughter of Thomas Carroll, of
Gwinnett county. He has been a
Master Mason forty-three years.
He is a Methodist prominent in his
church and has been a delegate to
its general conference.
Col. Jones has never posed as a
rhymester, but the following from
his pen breathes a pretty sentiment
and will be appreciated here:
COL. JONES ON HIS FIFTIETH WEDDING
ANNIVKR SARY.
Life’s heavy volume may be marred on
each page •
Till death’s hand has sealed it at last
in old age.
But time cannot wither the heart that
keeps young
By drinking the nectar ol love and ot
song.
No winds ol life’s winter, no frost nor
no snow
Can cool tiiat heart’s ardor or darken
its glow,
As under December’s deep mould of
decay
Are sprouting and dreaming the blos
soms of May.
So still though around him lite’s win
try mists erfiflp
An old man his young heart within
him may keep.
His eyes will grow’ dimmer and duller--
his ears,
Time thus marks and measures the
flight of the years.
And though his dull hearing earth’s
melody mars
How nearer, how clearer the song of
the stars.
No, time cannot wither the heart that
keeps young
By drinking the nectar of loye and ol
song.
But Master of treasures, more precious
than gold,
It sings on and loves on and never
grows old.
For Rent.
To acceptable parties who can gnar
ante pavinelitof the rent each tnon !>,
and to the end of the year WuO; th
house on Bartow street, south of Dr.
Calhoun’s, 4 rooms each side. North
side $5.1X1 per month; —.nt?i -side
per month M. ii. UILREATH.
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Lively Little Local Lines and Lim
rrings Linked,
NOTINGS OF THE NOTEWORTHY.
Carefully Corraled Chat of City
Concrirnings of Which the
CourantlsCugnfziint.
*• \ v muse," cried the poet, “is very un
kind ;
! started an ode on ‘A Theatre Bonnet,’
But I Had to give it up, for, alas! 1 could
tind
No rhyme but ‘sonnet’ upon it, docr
gone it!’’ —Fx-n.inge
What about the weather?
Capt. J. C. Milam is out again
after a short illness.
Editor Bob Walker, of Acworth,
was in town Monday.
Mr. A. O. Granger left last week
for a trip to Montreal, Canada.
Judge John W. Akin lias return
ed from a short trip to Cincinnati.
The early gardener hasn’t had
much encouragement in the weath
er.
The cdld wave of the past week
was a blessing to the fruitgrowers
of this section.
Patronize the Bazar today, and
get a good dinner and help the la
dies with the library.
The Royal Arcanum will meet
tonight at half past seven o’clock.
All members are requested to at
tend.
The mauv friend of Miss Rebecca
Wofford will regret to learn that
she is quite sick, with symptoms of
pneumonia.
There will be special services at
Methodist church Sunday night.
The work of the Home Mission
Society will be presented. Mrs.
Cunyus will sing one of her beau
tiful solos.
Services will be held at the As
cension Episcopal church next Sun
day morning, Feb. 25th, at eleven
o’clock, conducted by the rector
Rev. F. W. Ambler. The public
is cordially invited.
At a meeting of the republican
convention of the seventh district,
held in Rome la-t week, Mr. VV'al
ter Aker 111 an, of this city, was
elected chairman of the district
committee.
Mr. W. Trox Bankston, formerly
of the Ringgold New South, but
now connected with the Atlanta
Journal spent a few hours in the
city Tuesday’ and made the Uourant.
Americana pleasant call.
Mrs. Buggins—“Why did voutr
cook leave you? I thought you were
so well suited.” Mrs. Muggins—
“l was; but she’s grown so stout
that she can no longer wear my
clothes.”
Mr. Rich, of Grand Junction,
Colo., is at present sojourning in
Cartersville for his health. He is
an intelligent gentlemen of agreea
ble social qualities and seems to be
pleased with our people.
Miss Leila Griffin, the daughter
of John Griffin, ex-representative
of Gordon county died at her fath
er’s home, near Oostanaula, last
week, of consumption. She wasz
niece of Dr.‘ W. C. Griffin, of this
city.
The city council held a special
session Monday night to consicer
the street lighting question. A
proposition was made to the Gas
Company with a few changes from
last year’s contract, which thev
will probably accenr
Last Monday at the meeting of
The Home Mission Society, the
following officers were elected:.
President, Miss Wikle; Ist vice
pesident, Mrs. A. B. Cunyus; 2d
vive president, Mrs. John W.
3d vice president, Mrs. L. S. Mun
ford.
Little Rock, Arkansas Gazette:
Mrs. Augustus S. Quillian has re
turned to Little Rock after an ex
tended visit to her parents in At
lanta and Cartersville. Ga. Mrs.
Quillian has only lived in Little
Rock a few months, but during this
short stay made hundred of friends,
who will be delighted to hear of
her return to the city.
Cd in nme. Scld by druggists.
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