The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-28
Flourishing knights of Pythias.

OF Pythias have large membership,
and are in prosperous condition
with new members being affiliated
with the order
City Government Management.
With the present management of
the affairs of the city the best inter-
ests of the citizens are in way to
be best conserved. Such men Of good
business acumen were selected at
the last election from among those
of the community as represented by
the following personnel:
Mayor, B. D. Griffin; wardens, DR..
K. O. Rinehart, j. S. Richardson, w.
d. Epperson;' health officer, DR.. K. o.
Rinehart. Suffice it to say that the
orderly tenure of the community is,
in large degree, due to the vigilance
of Chief of Police Rufus Thames. A.
l.. Burkett served first term of mayor
in Pinewood's entrance into the field
of municipalities of this state.
Many Ginneries Established
Within the city Of Pinewood are
located two ginneries which will aver
age about 1900 bales of cotton each
per year. They are owned and ope-
rated by j. M. Hicks and j. r. Grif-
fin. In the small adjacent commu-
mites are five other ginneres which
contribute to the large shipping busi-
ness of Pinewood by making their
shipments from this place which has
such excellent shipping facilities.
| Cotton Buyers.
Pinewood being the large cotton
market many Of the large buyers of
this staple product are located here
among them being Richardson & Ep-
person, r. Lidc, P. B. Lawrence and
R. A. Ridgill.
Over Half Million for Cotton.
Some conception of the prominent
place that Pinewood holds in the cot
ton shipping market and it's import
ance as commercial center and the
amount of money paid to producers
for this one product of the plantations
may be readily conceived when it is
stated that the shipments will aggre-
gate 1000 bales Of long staple and
other varieties when this years busi-
ness will have closed In round num-
bers the shipments of seed will ag-
gregate 100000 tons and at the pre-.
vailng price of $500 per ton will
amount to the large sum Of $4,000
| saying nothing Of the cotton which
would probably reach an additional
sum at the average of 2Sc per pound
Of about $5G0,000. This would bring
the collosal transactions in cotton and
! its by-products in Pinewood for the
half million dollars. 1t will be readily
seen that there is reason and good
one for the great prosperity prevalent
| in all lines of trade within the pre-
cincts of this thriving community, and
that such a large amount Of CONNER
cial transactions in any one line of
production would be an important
factor in placing any city to the front
and give it prominent place on the
map
Weighcr Lawrence Busy Man.
Some busy scene is presented at
the railroad station and on the plat
forms 'whcrc cotton is being received
and weights checked out by Off
cial Weighcr, r. A. Lawrence, and
his assistants who are on the job
early and late during the hustling
season Of this year.
Clever Gentlemen.
Mcssrs. G. B. Kolb and A. +. Ragn,
station agents at Pncwood, are con-
genial gentlemen, obliging in their
duties with the public and faithful
employees for the company in the
transactions of the large amount of
business which is feature Of Pine
wood.
City of Beautiful Homes.
Without some illusions to the taste
fully arrengcd streets and homes of
the city of Pinewood would be doing
an injustice to the place. Most favor
able impressions are formed as the
stranger drives up Main street, q
broad thoroughfare, with it's line of
beautiful oaks through the center of
the business portion of the street.
Good substantial business houses
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