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Show Pifl & (0) ! t P! SIM WiPFr HI I MOT PIT PMIMMTF iflllPIni IMliWWi WILL ill) I bt bMMnil nSo o5n . nSn rSr ?i o ? . - o (POLITICS BEGIN I TO SIMMER IN CITY CAMPAIGN Mayor May cock Cannot Re- j Run; Several Names Are j Mentioned 1 j With the city election little more than a month off. Interest among i citizens of Springville is becoming I concentrated on politics according to whisperings heard here and there. While no definite lines of partisa demarkation have thus far been drawn, there nonetheless is consid- erabie interest manifest as to who is who. In a statement made to a Herald representative Wednesday Mayor G. ; K. Maycock declared that he would : I not under any circumstances b a ! candidate to succeed himself. "I couldn't succeed myself if I would and I wouldn't if I could." was the way the mayor put it. He explained that he already is over burdened with responsibilities, and , while lie is not unappreciative of : 1 the honor conferred upon him by his fellow townsmen, yet he could not think of becoming a candidate for re-election. WiJJi the removal of himself from the field of candidates, Mayor May-cock May-cock declares that, at this time he could not predict who might be available to succeed him in that j office. Among those mentioned as men who might be available for the ninyoi;;hlp, if they would accept tho place, are Fori! Crandall, local rep- i resentative of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company .John F. Smith, present councilman ; Claude i Salisbury, assistant cashier of t ha : Springville bank; John F. Mendeti-hnll, Mendeti-hnll, cashier V'fl ''he Mendenhali hank; -Mont Johnson, retired farm- t er. '1 There will be four vacancies to ' fill In the city council, the terms uf the following council men expiring December 81 : John F. Smith. M. W. Bird, William Whitehead, and Or- r son Hutchinson. II is understood that Mr. Whitehead will be a can- j didate to succeed himself as a can- ; didate from the Fourth municipal ward. It is thought that Judge Hutchinson, who has served only part of a term, having been apimint-ed apimint-ed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of O. L. Baron, will be a candidate to succeed hi nisi1! f 1 from the First Municipal ward. Aside from t hese two and Dr. John H. Anderson, who Is the holdover hold-over council man, no names ha vu been mentioned as probable candidates candi-dates for the position of councilman, In addition to these posit ions j there will be a recorder elected to i fill the place now held by W. W. j Harrison. Jt is understood that Mr. i ' Harrison will go before the voters for re-election on the merits of his past six-year record in that position. His friends believe him to be preeminently pre-eminently qualified for the position. j' it is staled. Oilier names mentioned 1 in connection with that office are: ( Harry Pennington. Lyman Hay- j jnond, Eddie Crandall and Prank H. ; Cellventra. It: is exacted that tickets will be lined up within the near future prepared to name candidates. |