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THE DAWSON NEWS. Ey E. L. Rainey. (‘H.—\HLE\' MERCER QUITS. anla’s Ball People Claim There Is Noth g in georgla rhat{Can Interest Them. m the Eufaala Times. [r. Chas. G- Mercer has retired from management of the ¢ Giant Champi -2 if we may oe permitted to so call m. Mr. Mercer made a brilliant man r. He got together a team that in 9 hes won 7 aud tied in arvother one, pg only one of the nine. This pace too hot for the boys over the river, y said, ‘'see here, now, please do not it to us so warm,” and we just con od to give it to 'em warm, and they ap their hands and diisclaimed be in Eutaula’s class. So they have re d like small b ys to a corner of the d aod haye seut uS word that we or persons will not be allowed to pass upon their grounnds. They say will not play with us. pat settles it so far as Atbany and masville and QQuitman are concerned, we are surprised at Quitman, Man ¢ Brux promised to “‘lay’ for us this on, and instead of laying tor us he been running away as fast as he UiWMER CLEARANCE SALE AT DAVIS & DOLZIERS Beginning from this date we will place on sale our Entire Summer Line of s Goods, Lawns, Dimities, Check Musins, laces, Orqandies, Swisses and Everything in the kine of Summer Goods Greatly Reduced Prices. We are compelled to move these goods, and prices, when ac mpanied by the cash, will be cut to the hilt. Wehave just received a bigline of New mmer Goods from New York, consisting ot Fine Piques, Ducks, Lawns, Crashes, Organ es, Swisses, Ribbons, Gloves in all the latest shapes, beautiful lines of fine Vale Laces. fact, we have completed our lines in every department, and these goods will share the ¢ of the others—we will put the knife in them to the hilt. Late summer shopper: will find feast ot pretty new things here and at prices astonishingly low. We Wil Putivdy N Cary O Aoy Summer Goos 0 don't fail to call and see the bargains. W e are offering fully 50 per cent. off on all lines. Again in ng the trading public to call and look through our mammoth stock of rare bargains, we remain Tours Angious fo Please ! could. We were on the ground and of é fering him opportunity for satisfaction | for the walloping we gave him a year {agn, and he now, when the baseball ‘gates are open, takes to his hee's and runs away with the Quitman team right ‘ behind him. If Quitman sees a baseball gate open n which grounds there may be a Eufaula flying squadron they burn the wind immediately. They heat the atmosphere. They warm up the land scape and fire the fencing and shrubbery as they go by! And this is the club Dawson was once so pr ud of. Dawson was wproud of the club because they went through Nawson one time. Dawson has saca a curious way of enjoying herself! » But Mercer has declined to serve the team further, His connection with the club ceases with this week., Other per sons are trying to get in the game with Pensacola, montgomery, Selma and some other towns. We can beat them. But the chance of such a league is very doubtful, It looks like we are out of it, “One Minute Cough Cure 18 the best preparation [ have ever sold or used, and I ean’t say too much in its praise.” L. M. Kennon, Merchant, Odell, Ga. SALE-DAvVIS Drwe Co, Dawson. Ga., Wednesday, June 15, 898, CHASED BBY A PRESIDENT, McKinley Ran Hatless in the Rain After a Ragged Urchin. : Mrs. McKinley is exceedingly fond of childven., At Canton, before and after the election of 1896, the young boys and girls of the town, knowing the reception which they would find at the famous little house in Market street, had a way of running Informal ly to see the wife of the future presi dent. One day during a rainstorm a ragged little fellow walked up the yard to the porch and tried to get in the door. In somne way he had heard that Mrs. McKinley liked little boys,fand;he, 00, wanted the honor of her caresses. And perhaps he should see and speak to the president himself—who could tell? So he marched bravely up, all by himself. But he didn’t know how to ring the bell, and his little knocking brought no response. No one happen ed to hear him,and he waited and wait: ed, his heart sinking lower and lower under his torn, dingy jacket. After a time hope and courage failed him and he started mournfully away, the > - e \ S | | / 74 T /200r04p S 7: LAWsoN GA. tears gathering in his big brown eyes. Some one in the household saw him as he walked sadly down to the gate and called the attention of Mr. McKin ley to him. Quick as a flash the presideant-elect ran out of the house hatless in the rain and brought the lad back with bim, where Mrs. McKinley’s kindness and a big plate of ice cream rewarded him for all his trials. It is not every poor boy that has had a president of the United States chas ing him bareheaded in a rainstorm.— Utica Obscrver. Yauderbilt’s Big Policy. Since the marviage vt George Vander bilt 10 Miss Dresser the other day 1t has come out that the beneficiary of that $l,- 000,000 life insurance volizy, which he took out just before sailing for a hunt ing trip some time ago, ar.d; which was mentioned in the newspapers at the time, was his bride-to-be. The lump sum of the insurance was placed in one compa ny, and the annual premium is $35,000. The Ferfect Little Pill, Begg’s Little Giants, cures Constipation and Indiges tion; also Sick Headache relieved at once. We keep them, SALE-DAvVIS DruaG Co. Yol. 14.-—No. 492. A Healthy Man Until the Crip Broke Down His Health— Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cave Him Appetite and Slecep. “Up to the time when I had the grip I was a strong, healthy man, Afier that I had no appetite and was not able to rest well at night. I decided to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla and purchased a sup= ply. It has done me a vast amount of guood. 1 have & good appetite and can sleep well,”? Josmra M. WARDLAW, Rome, Georgia. “I have found Hood’s Barsapearilia in valuable for purifying the blood and loss of appetite. 1t cures all eruptions and makes me feel better in every way.” J. A. CROEL, Brunswick, Georgia. Wonderful cures of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Ulecers, Sores, Dyspepsia, and other diseases, prove the great curative, blood purifying and enriching powers of Hood’s “ari 00 S parilla The best —in ract the One True Blood Purifier. Insist upon Hoon’s; take no substitute. . cure liver jlls; easy to HOOd,S PI“S ta.ke,easyhooperat.e?%o.