Evening star., 1936-08-07
4D|E E|NTENNESSEE
ELECTION BATTLES
Various Arguments Result
FatalIy-Browning Nom-
mated for Governor.
Ev the Associated Press.

Ev the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August T.
Election violence claimed the lives Of
four persons today, victims Of fighting
during yesterdays State primaries.
Two were shot to death in fratri-
cidal gun battle; an election off1cer
was killed in an argument at the polls,
and an aged farmer was stabbed by
a neighbor.
Democrats gave the gubernatorial
nomination to Gordon Browning, for
mer Representative and critic Of the
present State administration. by a
large majority.
P. H. !Thach. Chattanooga lawyer.
nomination without opposition.
In 1885 Of 2,262 precincts Browning
had 223,8l2 votes, Burgine Dosset had
95,682 and c. w. Wright of Oneida
had 1896.
Bachman Ren0minated.
Senator Nathan L. Bachman OF
Chattanooga won denomination in a
race with DIR. John r. Neal, Knoxville
lawyer, who was a member of defense
counsel in the famous monkey trial.
at Dayton. Bachman carried every
county.
In this contest 1921 precincts gave:
Bachman. 176,459: Neal, 32.558.
Harvey H. Hannah. for 29 years a
member of the State Railroad and
Public Utilities Commission and its
present chairman. fell SO far behind
In his race for denomination to another
six-year term that defeat seemed i'm
minent.
Leon Jourolmon, young Knoxville
attorney. rode the crest Of huge
Memphis majority to lead Hannah.
68,47l to 36,79l, in returns from 1,l6l
precincts. State Senator John r. Todd,
Kingsport lawyer, ran a distant third
with $500.
The only Republican race. contest
over the senatorial nomination, found
D. Wayne Maddox of Huntingdon
leading Henry N. Camp, jr., Of Knox
vile by substantial majority.
Most bitterly fought Of the congress
sional races was the fifth district
three-man fight for the Democratic
nomination to the congressional seat
held for more than 25 years by the
late Speaker Joseph w. ByrnS.
Richard M Atkinson, who Endorsed
the Townsend old-age pension plan.
but said, 1T doesn't 90 far enough, "
led. Returns from all but IL of the
1893 precincts in the district gave At
kinson II $50. Will T. Greek 10 ,262 and
]. Carlton Loser 1920.
In other congressional primaries
two Republican and four Democratic
incumbents were renominated with
out opposition, while the other two
Democratic incumbents defeated their
opponents.
Those renominated without oppo-
sition were:
Representatives B. Carroll Reece
(first district) and J. Will Taylor (sec-
ond), Republicans. and Sam D. Nc
Reynolds (third). Heron Pearson
tseventh). Jere Cooper teighth) and
Walter Chandler (ninth), Demo-
Gratis.
Mitchell Leads Jewell.
In the fourth district 336 precincts
out of Alb gave Representative j.
Ridley Mitchell 22,s2s votes to 1851
for ]. J. Jewell. jr.
In the sixth, Representative Clar-
ence w. Turner. in 100 Of 251 pre-
cincts, registered l2.2l4 votes to 4,104
for DR.. Roy T. Hardison and 4,l02
for Claude B. Stephenson.
At the little community Of Speed
well, in mountainous Claiborne County,
four blood relatives became involved
in an argument over a sheriff's race
and attempted to settle it with gunfire
Divided into two groups they shot 1t
out at close range.
Horace Russell, 60, farmer, and his
son, Albert Russell, 80, were killed.
William Russell, IS, brother of Horace.
and Williams nephew, Charles Rus
sell. were wounded.
At another precinct in Claiborne
County. James A. Singleton. 50. an
election officer, was shot during an
argument. He died in q Knoxville
Hospital.
Near Hohenwald. a small middle
Tennessee community, John Gray. a
55-year-old farmer, was stabbed ia
tally during an alteration at the polls
Another farmer was held in connec-
ton with the Staying.