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Ward Hamilton, an internal revenue detective, representing himself to be a local coal prospector, arrives in Big Creek to investigate the report that an illicit still is being operated in the neighborhood. He meets Tennessee, daughter of "...See moreWard Hamilton, an internal revenue detective, representing himself to be a local coal prospector, arrives in Big Creek to investigate the report that an illicit still is being operated in the neighborhood. He meets Tennessee, daughter of "Pop" Hastings, a moonshiner. She falls in love with Hamilton, who uses her love as a means of finding out the operations of the moonshiners. Tennessee's sweetheart, Clay Wilson, is suspicious of Hamilton. Through his brother, a telegraph operator, he discovers that his suspicions are correct. When Tennessee learns of Hamilton's treachery, she goes to him and while she is upbraiding him her father and Clay Wilson come up them. Wilson shoots at Hamilton, but the bullet strikes Tennessee. The moonshiners force Hamilton to tell the deputies who have come to raid the still that the moonshiners have moved and that he intends staying in the mountains until he can relocate it. Later, Hamilton leaves the mountain and resigns his commission as revenue officer. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less