The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-28
PINEWOOD ONE OF
CLARENDON'S BIG
COTTON MARTS
Little Over OneHaf Million Dollars Goes for the Product
This Year-People Instrumental in Bringing This Pro-
grestive City to the Front-Pioneers of the Place.

said gentleman, when pointing to
some OF the principal portions Of the
present site of the large and pros
porous city of Pincwood. 81 have had
many a good swim out there" said
he pointing to a spot not far from
the present station. Now all is
changed and one can hardly realize
the situation when the pioneers first
settled here and began the transfor-
nation that has been wrought in the
place. But Pinewood's experience is
only that of history repeating itself
in the case of many of the largest
cities of the land today
Pioneer of 1744.
In 1744 Dtmscy Griffin was born
within the present precincts cf Pine
wood. When a young man he, not
unlike many other young fellows who
become imbued with the idea that
ther are more congenial places with
better advantages for them to hit the
goal, moved over into the state of
Alabama. But after residing there
about year he decided that the old
home site in South Carolina was good
enough place for him to cast his lot
in life's gamble, and moved back
to Pinewood where he acquired about
700 acres of the virgin soil in this
section and resided contcntcdly here
until his demise in 1866.
First Mercantile Establishment.
In 1888 the Manchester and Angus
ia railroad was built into the place
and with the advent Of the steel rails
and the locomotive with it's cars this
harbinger of progress for the place
gave business impulse to the local
ity which resulted in the business
activities which have characterized
the town from that time until the
present. DR.. II. A. McClern estab-
lished the first sawmill in 1889 and
opened cOmmisary becoming in
fact, Pinewood's first merchant. c..
l.. Griffin opened mercantile house
in the same year and was followed
by Manning Wclch, the Stack Broth
ers and others of the present day.
First School House.
Early attention was given the cause
of education and the first school house
was built in 1890 with Miss Rydia
Keels, now Mrs. E. B. Fielder, as the
pioneer instructor for class of
pupils of an enrolment of 20 chill
dren Of the community.
Modern $4,000 Structure.
Such has been the interest taken
by the intelligence of this community
that today Pinewood has large brick
school house with all the modern at
tachments and accessories for sue
cessful instruction Of the youth, built
and designed for the special purposes
to which it is to be devoted, with an
enrolment Of 1870 pupils In secur-
ing II. G. Gibson as principal to
supervise the instruction and disc-
plinc to be dealt out the people are
to be congratulated upon their choice
of a person who, with his able as
sistants, the Misses Eubanks, Burk-
ner, Mrs. A. p. Toomer and Miss Bcs-
sic Gcddings, will intclligently dis
pense knowledge.
NJ. f. Log Church.
Prior to the advent Of the railroad
with its progressive features the pco-
pie had displayed their interest in
spiritual affairs by the erection of a
log church by the Methodists where,
in their primitive days they could as
semble for worship. Lewis Henry
DcsChamps, one of the sturdy men of
the pioneer days, who was instru-
mental in many ways in promoting
the best interests of Pmewood and
community, was chairman Of the
building committee of the Methodist
congregation which built the first
frame church in Pinewood. This
structure was later moved to another
lot and became the first school house
in Pinewood. When the frame build
ing was moved away the present
beautiful structure Of the Methodists
was erected.
At the present time the Prcsbyte-
rian and the Baptist congregations
are represented by beautiful struc-
lures, the Presbyterians being sue
caedcd by the Baptists.