Brinkley Argus July 8, 1910 Live News From Holly Grove
-The glorious fourth is over and one of the largest crowds of colored people that ever gathered in this town. The big picnic with about forty barbecued hogs and there was one hundred gallons of ice cream put off the train that morning; also one hundred and fifty cases of soda pop. The crowd numbered more than two thousand. There were baseball games, races, and two splendid brass bands and a string band. There was a little shower about noon, but the crowd still came, and the afternoon was bright and fair until four o’clock when a great downpour of rain caused the crowd to hunt shelter, but the crowd was so great that many were dripping wet when the five o’clock train came, carrying many back to Clarendon, but still the streets thronged until late at night. We can safely say it was the most peaceful crowd of its size ever gathered in so small a place, although late in the afternoon there was a little shooting scrape, one man shot at another; the bullet passed through the shoulder padding of his coat and struck a colored woman in the wrist.
(an early version of the July Holly Grove Homecoming?)
Brinkley Argus June 14, 1907 Holly Grove News -The colored folks had rally day at the St. Paul Church last Sunday -The colored folks of the First Baptist Church observed children’s day at H.G. last week.
Brinkley Argus Sept. 6, 1907 Holly Grove News -Will Smith (col.) who has been running a restaurant on the northeast corner of the Branch brick, has moved his place of business, as Prof. W.A. Owens has bought this property and has rented to another party. Prof. Owens has also bought the home where the Strickland Bros. are running a barber shop. Am no informed whether Stricklin Bros. will move or not.
Brinkley Argus June 29, 1906 Holly Grove News -Last Saturday and Sunday was Quarterly Conference occasion at St. Paul colored Methodist Church at H.G. The P.E., J.I. Lowe, of Pine Bluff, was present. We are sure he is a big preacher, in size, at least. So our town has thronged with colored folks on Sunday. -Elder Paine, pastor of the 1st Baptist Church, colored, has a large congregation to hear him each Sunday in the month.
Brinkley Argus July 27, 1906 Holly Grove News -The H.G. public colored school will be opened the first Monday in August with Prof. J.T. Cross, principal and will run 3 months. Only the colored children in corporate limits can attend this school.
Brinkley Argus Aug. 3, 1906 Holly Grove News -The Baptist Association of the Colored Baptist Church began at the First Baptist Church at H.G. Tuesday, the 31 of July and will be in session until Sunday the 5th of August. Multitudes of colored people have thronged the town. Five hundred delegates and visitors are in attendance, besides home folks. The Baptist colored folks had a large tent stretched for the occasion.
Brinkley Argus Sept. 28, 1906 Holly Grove News -The greatest crowd of this season among the colored people was oaccasioned last Sunday by the funeral and burial of Dr. S.A. Dingwall, a colored physician who had reached a higher point in medical ability than any colored doctor of whom I have ever known anything. He came here from the West Indies Islands. He had by his success as a practitioner, accumulated a good lot of money. He died at Colorado Springs where he had gone hoping to be rescued from the dreaded monster, consumption. He was brought to H.G. where he was buried by the colored Masonic Fraternity at the New Hope cemetery. The procession was the largest ever witnessed in the history of Holly Grove.
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Brinkley Argus July 14, 1898 What they say at H.G. -J.T. Cross was chosen as principal of the colored school
Brinkley Argus Sept. 1, 1898 More From H.G. -Plenty of cotton open, but the weather is so hot the people cannot pick. Charley Banks, an enterprising colored farmer, had a bale ginned the 21st.
Brinkley Argus Mar. 23, 1906 Holly Grove Deptartment -Laura Goode, an old colored woman who owns good real estate in H.G. has rented out her home in H.G. and moved to Brinkley. We hope Aunt Laura will find friends among the white people at Brinkley as she has left friends among the white people of H.G.
Monroe County Citizen Mar. 15, 1928 Colored Basketball Tournament The basketball tournament, which is to be held March 30 and 31 for the colored schools is the first one of its kind in the state. It will be an interesting event and we hope to have a large crowd at all the games. The winning teams are to be presented with new basketballs. One side of the court will be reserved for white basketball fans and the other side will be reserved for colored supporters of the various teams. An admission price of 25 cents will be charged at each night session and 10 cents will be charged at each of the day sessions.
Monroe County Sun Jan. 17, 1935 Holly Grove News "Approximately thirty colored women from the ERA relief rolls working alternately according to their budget, began sewing in a room here last week. The work is under the supervision of Miss Omagene Dalton."
Monroe County Sun
Nov. 14, 1935 Negro Club Activities "The home demonstration and 4-H clubs held their annual achievement day exhibit and program Friday, Nov. 1st at Clarendon Public Schools. Canned products, thrift serving, art work, quilts, and desserts from sorghum molasses were on display. In the canning contest for home demonstration women: …Annie B. Brown of Holly Grove won second prize…"
Monroe County Sun Feb. 13, 1947 Holly Grove in Loss of Negro School by Fire "The negro school in Holly Grove was completely destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The loss is estimated at $30,000 and about $13,000 in insurance was carried on the school and furnishings. Immediate construction will be started on a new colored school and members of the school board say a better system will be arranged than the one lost by fire."
Monroe County Citizen August 27, 1925 $7,000 Fire Loss at Holly Grove Tuesday "Fire, which is said to have started from an over-heated iron, caused a loss of several buildings in the negro section of Holly Grove Tuesday afternoon of this week, the buildings and contents destroyed being valued at $7,000. Several dwellings, store buildings, restaurants, etc. were destroyed. Only a good supply of water from the water works, a favorable wind, together with a substantial firewall prevented the flames from reaching the main business section of the town. The widow and other heirs of the late William Bobo, were the heaviest losers. There was very little insurance."
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