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THURSDAY. MARCH lfc 1S37 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HlCHLANpS MACON IAN PAGE FIVE Highlands Highlights EDITED BY MRS. T, C. HARBISON INFLUENZA STRIKES i ' HALF OF POPULATION HIGHLANDS, March 17. The epidemic of influenza which struck Highlands suddenly and, furiously was abating by Wednesday of this week. Highlands graded school and high school was forced to close on last Wednesday aftef about 40 per cent of the students were absent on account of illness. It has been, estimated that about 250 citizens of Highlands have had influenza dur ing the past two o weeks. This num ber Comprises about half of the population of Highlands. The school is scheduled to, reopen Thursday,1 TOWN ELECTION FIRST TUESDAY ,IN MAY v At the meeting' of the mayor a,nd board of commissioners of the town of Highlands held1 on March MDSSQNG! Stop missing good shaves t Dis cover Star Single-edge Blades I Made since 1880 by the inven tors of the original safety razor. Keen, long -lasting nni- r . T a r . I I? in i "I a it at 13, the regular municipal election was called to be held on Tuesday, May 4, this being the first Tues day in May. Weldon Paul was ap pointed registrar, and J. M. Rogers and W. H. Rice were appointed as judges of election. Official notice of the ordinance calling election is posted at the town office.' ' JUILTING PARTY AT HOME OF MRS. POTTS An old fashioned quilting party was held at the home of Mrs. J. E. Potts Tuesday of this week. Those enjoying the quilting and the excellent dinner served were Mrs. Charles P6ttsJ, Mrs. Helen Thompson, Mrs. J. W. Reese, Mrs, Rob Reese, Mrs. Carl Zoellner, and Mrs. A. F. Knight. Week-end guests at Hotel Ed wards March 13-14, included Dick Eyck and W. W. Anderson of At lanta; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ander son', of Anderson, S. C, and Mr. and Mrs. Hasas, and Mrs. 'Frank E. Loganstien of Atlanta. . Mr. John Pierson, of Miami, Fla., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lily Pierson, and other relatives here He expects to be here for about .two weeks. Mr. Richard Pearson was home from ' school last week-end visiting his mother, Mrs, A. R. Nail. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Pullin, of McDonough, Ga., were visiting Mr and Mrs. W. S. Davis during the past week-end.- Mr. and Mrs. Pul lin expect to build a summer home near Mirror Lake in the verytnear future. ; - Miss Rachel Davis spent a few days recently visiting her sister, Mrs. A. D. Bolton, in Commerce, Ga. Word was received here Tuesday by Mr. W. S. pavis that his two grandchildren, Mrs. Bessie Steele and Angus Steele, were seriously ill with pneumonia in Eufaula, Ala. Miss Nancy nines, who is work ing in Franklin, was visiting her i i i. a ' . motner nere iasi,wc;:K-cuu. ( Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paul and family are leaving Highlands Mori day for Maine, where they expect to make their home., Mrs. Robert F. Hall, of Ashevillt, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thad Smith at their home here recently. Word was received here a' few days ago of the recent death of Mr. Alexander Franklin Pugh, of New Orleans and Detroit. Mr. Pugh was, with his family, a fre quent visitor in Highlands, and has been known by people here for many years. Mrs. Pugh died a few months ago, and their daughter, Suzanna, also died during the past year. The Pughs owned a lovely summer home on the Dillard road here. , ' Vocatiohal Agricultural Students Earned $2,425.29 CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends who were so kind to us during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Lydia Beale. 1 J. H. BEALE AND FAMILY R. J. BEALE AND FAMILY (adv.) Olive Hill By HOWARD WILLIS The school had a nice entertain ment Thursday night at the school house here. Miss Mattie Wilkes left for her home Friday afternoon after school was out. All of the children re gretted to see her leave them. Mr. Bun Shields is expecting to get moved into his new house here the latter part of this week. The WPA crew are sure doing some nice work on our roads in this section. Mr. Ralph Solesbee, of Kyle, was visiting relatives here Thurs day. There were several people from here attended the funeral of Rev. A. S. Solesbee Saturday. . - The farmers of this section have been very busy during the nice weather. There were several attended the birthday dinner of Mrs. Sam Sweat man Saturday. Napoleon fixed the relative value of silver to gold at 154 to 1, but England made it 16 to 1. The final report of the teacher of Vocational Agriculture to the district supervisor of Agricultural Education shpws that the students of Vocational Agriculture of the Franklin High school earned $2, 425.29 on their projects last year. This represents tha boys' profit after all costs have been deducted. Included in the items of 1 cost among other thingswere land rent at an average of about $5.00 per acre and labor, running from ten to 15 cents per hour. Among other things of interest shown in the report was that the average yield of corn on all pro jects was slightly more than 43 bushels pef acre. This is more than double the average yield for the county. The highest corn yield was 87 bushels grown on one acre by Alex Arnold. Bill McCoy made a net profit of $17822 on one acre of truck. Siler Slagle . made a net profit of $38.75 on feeding out one fat beef calf. Fifty-eight boys completed 63 projects. Nine differ ent enterprises were included in these projects. As far as the de partment records show, this is more than the students have earn ed in any previous' year. The preliminary report for the projects to be carried out this year shows a substantial increase over those for last year. Sixty-seven boys are planning to carry 126 major projects. Projects in . each of the following enterprises are being planned: corn, tobacco, sorg-: hum, cowpeas, soybeans, hogs, dairy calves, beef calves, brood sows, wheat, hay, sheep, hens, baby chicks and several kinds of truck crops as beans, potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes. , The purpose of these projects, be sides giving the : boys a way to make money, is to provide the stu dent a practical way for learning the best cultural methods for the various farm enterprises that he may wish to carry on as a farmer after leaving school. ... .. Of the 90 known elements, only 10 were recognized before the Christian era. They are : sulphur, tin, iron, gold, silver, mercury, zinc, lead, copper and carbon. " imimii I jhhu ii J nil i J bsMftbsiuiftsMUa Bryant Leader It is no Monger an economy to just . get along with a worn-out stove. 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