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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 616 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

HOLLY SPRINGS , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Marshall county, See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, U.S.A., in the N. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, 45 M. S.E. of See also:

MEMPHIS

Memphis. Pop. (189o) 2246; (1900) 2815 (155g negroes); (1910) 2192. Holly Springs is served by the See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois Central and the See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas City, Memphis & See also:

BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham (Frisco See also:

SYSTEM

System) See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The city has broad and well-shaded streets, and a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

court-See also:

house and court-house square. It is the seat of See also:

RUST (O.E. rust, a word which appears in -many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. roest, Ger. rost); in origin it is allied with " ruddy " and " red," the reddish-brown powdery substance which forms on the surface of iron or steel exposed to atmospheric corrosio

Rust University (opened in 1867), a Methodist Episcopal institution for negroes; of the Mississippi Synodical See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (19o5; Presbyterian), for See also:

white girls; and of the See also:

North Missis- sippi Agricultural Experiment Station. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the ginning, compressing and See also:

SHIPPING

shipping of See also:

cotton, and the manufacture of cotton-See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil, but the city also manufactures pottery and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick from See also:

clay obtained in the vicinity, and has an See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice factory, bottling See also:

WORKS

works and See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble works. The munici- pality owns and operates its See also:

WATER

water-works and electric-See also:

LIGHTING

lighting plant. Holly Springs was founded in 1837 and was chartered as a city in 1896. See also:

Early in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1862 See also:

General Grantestablished here a large See also:

DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot of supplies designed for the use of the Federal See also:

army while on its See also:

march toward See also:

VICKSBURG

Vicksburg, but General See also:

EARL

Earl See also:

VAN

Van Dorn, with a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry, surprised the See also:

POST

post at daylight on the loth of this See also:

month, burned the supplies and took 1500 prisoners. Holly Springs was the See also:

home and is the See also:

BURIAL

burial-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

Cary Walthall (1831–1898), a Democratic member of the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1885–1894 and in 1895–1898.

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