We, the undersigned members of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Highlands, do hereby certify that at the Special Election held in the Town of Highlands, North Carolina, on January 5, 1926, the number of voters registered and qualified to vote was 129.
107 ballots were cast for and none against the acquisition of property necessary to, the construction of a municipal hydro-electric light system.
101 ballots were cast for, and one against the acquisition of a municipal sanitary system.
107 ballots were cast for, and none against, the ordinance authorizing $70,000 Electric Light Bonds.
101 ballots were cast for, and one against, the ordinance authorizing $5,000 Sewer Bonds.
This the 21st day of January, 1926
--G.W. Marett
--G.D. Edwards
--F.H. Potts
--L.W. Rice
From page 4 of the Franklin Press Development Edition, published Jan. 29, 1926. Not only was there only one single vote against the measures, the percentage of registered voters who actually voted was very high, unlike elections today.
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074069/1926-01-29/ed-1/seq-4/
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