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Show GOVERNOR WHO AS A BOY WAS A WAIF In the August American Magasine there is an article about Ben W. Hooper, the first Republican governor Tennessee has had In thirty years. Governor Hooper waa a waif, and doea not know his own real nsme. The name Hooper was given to him by the man who adopted him. When aa a. little boy he was picked up. the only name the future governor knew that he posseseed wss "Ben." ftpeaklnn of these (acta In the campaign, the governor eajd. "Ths people do not care where I came from. They want to know what I am. where I am going and what 1 will do when I get there." |