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EAST TENNESSEE NORMAL
WINTER TERM HAS BEGUN

The winter term at the East Tenn
essee, State Normal began Monday.
For the past two weeks exalnina7
tions have been held in this state insti.
tute. The students are plea ;ed with
the averages which they made. The
attendance in'the normal department
is almost double what it was fqE The
fall term last year.
New-pupils are enrolling every week
and when the. publie schools. in the
East Tennessee counties close mich
larger enroIlment Is anticipated
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PROPOUNDED
BY LITTLETON
ARE As YET UNANSWERED
Names Given Of Members of the
Legislature the Governor has
Talked to and Subjects

Referring to Gov Hooper's gratuit-
Gus assaultupon him Last Thursday,
his reply thereto and Hooper's retort
dodging the issue and hiding himself
behind his cry of ."bar roomn and
I''liquor agent, Jesse NJ LittIeton gave
The Times a statement last night,
which if Coy. Hooper cannot answer,
leryes him in bad plight before the
Tennessee public.
Mr.. Littlcton said:
81 had no purpose, and have no
purpose now, TO take part in the pro-
ceedings Of the legislature or in any
legislature or in any legislation that
may be pending there, but l saw
Hooper in shameless deal 10 trade off
the state offices and the United States
senatorship to the Memphis whisISey
ring, and knowing that he was trying
to deceive, and that he had already de-
ceived, some good men who had been
elected as republicans and progressives
| met with. some Of them to discuss
the situation. The meeting was in
Chattanooga, private meeting be-
tween personal friends, and nothing
was said in the meeting thatsI am not
willing TO .hayeupublished.
/ Il is nst always possible to bar from
such a meeting political boot-licks,
who steal the confidence sof their
friends and betray them at the first
opportunity and in this meeting
Hoopers friend-a man after his heart
a man who stands around and caves
drops the conversation of real, gentle
men and goes away and repeats and
garbles il TO their prejudice Just such
a man as Hooper most admHes and
the kind of man he needs in his
business of blackmailing and BULLDOG.
ing private citixens;S this man was in
the meeting in Chattanooga He is
typical Hooper prohibitionist. Not an
honest pronibitionist, but a Hooper
prohibitionist who gtes drunk on other
peoples money and at every oppor-
tunity, and who, when sober by nee
essity, critfclses all men who do not
vote for prohibition and yell for tenn
perance.
"Weknew atsthe time who he was,
what he was and where he was, but
he professed to be friend Of one of
our friends, and on account OF that
friend we let him in the conference.
Now that he has told a part OF what
! release him and insist on
behalfof my friends who were, there
and on behalf of myself that he tell
all If he doesn't tell the truth we
will show him ups
s CATER this meeting / went to Nash
Vile. The court records there will show
HAT my Journey thence was purely
butt was necessarily de-
ayed a couple of days, and before /
,ould. get out of town the 'MalariaI
Dude OF Cooke and the Lame Bull Of
,he Banner held conference and
ukasel was issued by the governor ct
.acking me by implication, and the
Continued on page two. =
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face to the West and through the
Crump funnel whispers endearlng
words and sweet messages of love into
the bungholes of-the Memphis whisky
barrels, and fondly caresses the connt-
less keepers Of the dives and dens in
that lawless city.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-12-26

Tennessee, who has attempted to COM
mercialize and capitalize his executive
influence, is entirely lost to all sense
shame, a campaign of publicity is just
what he does not want. If it comes
it will expose him as most reckless
intriguer. 1t will show him up trad
ing off his patronage to aid in the
election of Crump's candidate for
speaker; it will picture him on bended
knees begging loyal East Tennessee
Temperance legislators to deliver them
selves to Crump for the Governors
benefit.
| have never asked any member TO
vote for the repeal of the prohibition
laws. have told every one of them
to stand on the platform, but have
said to them that they had too much
manhood to allow themselves bar
gained to Crump and the whisky in
terests by man who was using the
high Office of Governor to subserve his
personal interests and gratIfy his per-
sonal ambition.
Ben the Bantam.
The lines are too loose now in all
parties for Benjamin The Bantam to
drive all of these men into his combin-
alton of liquor and State patronage.
Men cannot be boughtnow by guards
place at the prison, and they cannot
be bulldozed by threat of publicity.
Publicity is what we want. Let the
Governor say publicity what he said
about why he'wanted Hon.
Newt White for Speaker of the Senate.
Let him say publicly what he has
been saying under his breath to the
members he has been imploring tovote
for Crump's man for Speaker. Let
him say whether or not he is for
is for Crump's controlling the 1,100
saloons personally or allowing the
state to control them.
~ make no conceaIment of the fact
hat my contempt for Hooper his adj
and his methods is such
hat | shall rejoice TO see the triumph
# the Regular Democracy over Hooper
md his bunch, and to such Progress
ives and Republicans as join in ihe
TO overthrow Hooper and
lis Memphis whiskey ring the public
ives a debt of lasting gratitude.
There is too much real manhood in
he Progressives and Republican par
les to submit to this wicked deal of
trump and Hooper, and if | do not
cad the Indications entirely wrong
he downfall of a certain band of hy-
,ocrites is close at hand"
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|
words and sweet messages of love into
the bungholes of-the Memphis whisky
barrels, and fondly caresses the connt-
less keepers Of the dives and dens in
that lawless city.
Talks About Sells.
-Four years ago a contemplate
scoundrel, one Sam Sells, by name,
put in circulation this same infamous
lie, that / had made such an offer on
behalf of and for the Democrats; and
ever since that time this little political
miscarriage, Ben Hoorer, has been
peddling this falsehood-this poor,
measlv lie--wherever its telling would
excite prejudice in his interest. he
knows it is falsehood, he knows the
malignant man who wickedly invent
ed it, but he's using it to further the
cause of temperance and he feeds it
out to the prohibition Democrats and
Republicans to excite and encourage
and hold together the sacred bond OF
fraud, fusion and fanaticism
"He cries aloud against liquor and
yet he has'gone into bargain with
the mayor of Memphis, who controls
m )re saloons and more whiskey than
was ever on the market in Tennessee
pricr to the enactment of his probhl-
tion laws about which he prates.
AS Governor of this State he has beg
ged, promised, bulldozed and threaten
ed members to get their votes ior
Crump's candidate for Speaker of the
House, but when |, a private citizen,
incidentally meet three of four mem /
bers and discuss with them the policy |
of electing Progressive Republican
instead of an independent democrat TO
State office this little Gubernatoral
bantam crows like a game cock and
his organ says that he is going to eX-
pose his opponents and have a cam
paign of publicity.
"Let this campaign come: let every
thing that has been said and written
about the election Of the Speakers OF
of the two Houses and the United
State Senators and state officers be
published to the world.
In the meeting at Chattanooga about
which he issued his state paper, he
had friend one of his own kind, a
man after his own heart-a man who
will stand around and get the conf
dence of gentleman and go away and
repeat what they said, to their pres
iudice. Let that man help him in his
of publicity and publish
everything that | said or that any one
slse said in that meeting.
Hooper's Partnership.
AS for my own part have no sec
-ets about it. Neither do l try to con-
zeal my opinion as to Hooper's cam
paign and his administration of hyp-
,crisy and deciet. Protesting to be an .
advocate Of temperance he is in politi- !
,al partnership with man who holds 7
he key to eleven hundred saloons III !
Zemphis and if Hooper's administra- :
ion is sustained this time it will be
by this man. And, by the .
way, he is a much better man than !.
Hooper. Ed Crump is a politician.
He does do things for his city and he 1
plays politics to the limit in practic-
Il way, in the interest of this city. He
ees this little Gubernatorial miscar-
iage floating around without support
md he sees where he can use it to his !
advantage and he lines up the Mem 4
,his whiskey interests behind it and
escues it: and when it is rescued it
,ets impudent AMI threatens a cam
,aign of publicity against gentleman.
ssUnless this. accidental Governor of Il
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AU7HDP OF"/F CHLZ ~ MfNXD'
M7I/E E4hG" "HHR7W EDEW ZIG

| knowledge that he found nothing IN
her more than a good friend and an
excellent dancer. Small consolation
it was to know that he loved
| any woman. She was sick with love OF
him. and he danced with her as he
would dance with any woman, as he
would dance with a man who was a
good dancer and upon whose arm was
tied a handkerchief to conventionalize
him into a
At one in the morning he saw Elijah
Davis herding Henry Finn and Joe
Hines, the lumber-jack, toward the
door. Daylight interfered.
Where are you-all going?" he de-
mande' attempting to draw them to
the BIZ
Bed, Elijah Davis answered.
Got to-" Joe Hines added apollo
getically. We're musbing out in the
mornin'."
Daylight still detained them.
Where to? What's the excite
ment?"
NO excitement" Elijah explained.
We're just a-goin' to play your
bunch, an tackle the Upper Country.
Don't you want to come along?"
Il sure do" Daylight affirmed.
But the question had been put in
fun, and Elijah ignored the accept
ance
We're tacklin' the Stewart" he
went on. "Al Mayo told me he seen
some likely lookin' bars first time no
come down the Stewart, and we'rc
goin' to sample EN- while the rivers
froZe. You listen, Daylight, an mark
my words, the times comm when
winter diggin's II be ali the go.
There'll be men in them days that'll
laugh at our summer scratchin' an
ground-wallerin'."
Elijah laughed, gathered his two
partners up, and was making a second
attempt to reach the door.
Hold on" Daylight called. 81 sure
mean It."
The three men turned back sudden
ly upon him, in their faces surprise.
delight, and incredulity.
"G'wan, you're foolin'," said Finn,
the other lumber-jack, a quiet, steady.
Wisconsin man.
There's my dawgs and sled" Day
light answered. 'Thatll make two
teams and halve the loads; though
veal IL have to travel easy for a
spell, for them dawgs Is sure tired"
The three men we're overjoyed, but
still a trife incredulous.
Now look here" Joe Hines hlurted
out, none of your foolin', Daylight
We mean business. VIII you Gomez"
Daylight extended his hand and
shook.
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doors were thrown wide open, the
crowd fell back. They heard the eager
whining of dogs, the snap of a dog.
whip and the voice of Daylight crying
encouragement as the weary animals
capped all they had done by dragging
the sled In over the wooden floor.
They came In with a rush, and with
them rushed in the frost, a visible
vapOr Of smoking white, through
which their heads and backs showed,
as they strained in the harness, till
they had all the seeming OF swimming
in a river. Behind them, at the gee
pole, came Daylight. hidden to the
knees by the swirling frost through
which he appeared to wade. He was
the same old Daylight, withal lean
and ti~red-looking and his black eyes
were sparkling and flashing brighter
than ever. His parka Of cotton drill
hooded him like a monk, and fell in
straight lines to his knees. Grimed
and scorched by camp-smoke and fire,
the garment in itself told the story OF
his trip. A two-months' beard COW
cred his face; and the beard, in turn,
was matted with the ice of his breath
ing through the long seventy-mile
run.
He experienced a thrill of surprise
as the roar of welcome went up and
as every familiar detail of the Tivoli
greeted his vision-the long bar and
the array of bottles. the gambling
games, the big stove, the weigher at
the gold-scales, the musicians, the
men and women, the Virgin, Celia,
and Nellie, Dan Macdonald, BEETLES,
Billy Rawlins, Olaf Henderson, Doc
Watson-all of them. 1t was just as
he had left it. and in all seeming
it might well be the very day he had
left The sixty days Of inCessant trav-
ell through the white wilderness sud
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CHAPTER ".

This time the trail was easier. II
was better packed, and they were not
carrying mail against time. At Forty
Mile they laid over two days for the
sake of the dogs, and at Sixty Mile
Daylight's team was left with the
trader. Unlike Daylight. after the
terrible run from Selkirk to Circle
City, they had been unable to recup.
crate on the back trail. So the four
men pulled on from Sixty Mile with
a fresh team of dogs on Daylight's
sled. The following night they
camped in the cluster of islands at
the mouth of the Stewart. Daylight
talked town sites, and, though the
others laughed at him, he staked the
whole maze of high. wooded island.
Just supposing the big strike does
come on the Stewart" he argued.
"Mebbe you-all II be in on it, and then
again mebbe you-all won't. But l sur
will. You-all d better reconsider and
go in with me on it"
But they were stubborn.
You're as bad as Harper and Jos
Ladue," said Joe Hines. They're al
ways at that game. You know that
big fiat jest below the Klondike and
under Moosehide Mountain? Well.
the recorder It Forty Mile vas tellin'
me they staked that not a month age
The Harper & Ladue Town Site.
Ha! Ha! Ha."
Elijah and Finn Joined In his laugh.
ter; but Daylight was gravely In earn
est.
There she Isl" he cried. "Tha
bunch is working! It's in the air, l
tell you-all! What'd they-all stake
the big fat for II they-all didn't get
the bunch? Wish I'd staked It."
The regret in his voice was provoca
tive of a second burst of laughter.
Laugh, dang you. laugh! Why
your eyes amt open yet. You-all are
a bunch of little mewing kittens. l
tell you-all II that strikes come on
Klondike, Harper and Laduo will be
millionaires. And If 1t comes on Stew.
art, you-all watch the Elan Harnish
town site boom. In them days, when
you-all come around maxim poor
mouths . :" He heaved a sigh Of
resignation. We'll, l suppose I'll
have to give you-all a grub-stake or
soup. or something or other"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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cHApTER ~.

At Sixty Mile they restocked provt
sions. added a few pounds of letters
to their load. and held steadily on.
From Forty Mile they had unbroken
trail. and they could look for
ward only to unbroken trail
clear to Dyea. Daylight stood
It magniicently. but the killing
pace was beginning to tell on Kama
His pride kept his mouth shut. but
the result of the chilling ~f his lungs
in the cold snap could not be con-
cealed. They travelled till ten o'clock
the night they reached Selkirk, and at
six next morning they plunged ahead
into the next stretch Of wilderness OF
nearly five hundred miles that lay be-
tween Selktrk and Dyea. There was
no let-up In his pace. Twelve hours
Z day. six In the twilight and six In
NE dark. lhey ts1led on the uAn.
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Three hours were consumed in cook
ing, repairing harnesses, and making
and breaking camp, and the remaining
nine hours dogs and men slept as If
dead.
The time came when Kama was un.
able to go in the lead and break trail.
and it was proof that he was far gone
when he permitted Daylight to toll
all day at the heavy snowshoe work.
Lake by lake they crossed the string
Of lakes from Marsh to Linderman,
and began the ascent of Chilcoot. By
all rights Daylight should have camped
below the last pitch of the pass at the
dim end of day; but he kept on and
over and down to Sheep Camp, while
behind him ragged a now storm that
would have delayed him twenty-four
hours. This last excessive strain broke
could not travel. At five, when called.
he sat up after a struggle, %groaned,
and sank back again. Daylight did
the camp work of both, harnessed the
dogs, and, when ready for the start,
rolled the helpless Indian in all three
sleeping robes and dashed him on top
of the sled. The going was good; they
were on their last lap; and he raced
the dogs down through Dyea canyon
and along the hard-packed trail that
led to Dyea post. And running still,
Kama grooming on top the, load, and
Daylight leaping at the gee-pole to
avoid going under the runners of the
flying sled. they arrived at Dyea by
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the e a. True to his promise, Day.
the sled loaded with the ingoing mail
and grub. fresh dogs harnessed and
a fresh Indian engaged. Kama never
spoke from the time of his arrival till
the moment Daylight. ready to depart.
stood beside him to say good-by. They
shook hands.
You kill urn dat damn Indian"
Kama said. "Savvee, Daylight? You
kill um."
He'll sure last as far as Pelly."
Daylight grinned.
Kama shook his head doubtfully,
and rolled over on his side. turning
his back In token Of farewell.
A crowd filled the Tivoli--the old
crowd that had seen Daylight depart
two months before; for this vas the
night of the sixtieth day. and opinion
was divided as v as to whether or
not he would compass the achieve
ment. At ten o'clock bets were still
being made. though the odds rose. bet
by bet. against his success, Down in
her heart the Virgin believed he had
failed, yet she made a bet of twenty
ounces with Charley Bates. against
forty ounces. that Daylight would ar
rive before midnight.
She 1t was who heard the first yelps
Of the dogs.
"Listen!" she cried. IT'S Day.
light"
There al q general stampede for
che door. but when the double storm.
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He Knew the Norm.

A country girl was home from col,
lege for the Christmas holidays and
the old folks were having a reception
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brought out some of her new gowns
TO show to the guests. Picking up a
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Isn't it perfectly g~orgeous!" she
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Her Woodworking father looked a
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