The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Busy Scenes Along Pacolet River.
Wrccking Companies Mt Work.

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The Spartanburg Journal says a
busy scene greeted the visitors Thurs
day along the banks Of the recent
turbulent Pacolct river where the
fury of the waters worked such ex-
tcnsive destruction. At the Cliftons
and at Pacolct scores of laborcrs are
busy cleaning away debris and recover
Ing cotton and the mill products from
the mud and wrcckage. The Hit
Salvage Company has fifty to seventy
live men at work, securing the river
banks and the recesscs Of the stream,
looking for. cotton, many bales OF
which are being recovered.
The plan Of the Clifton Company fol
securing what machinery they can
from the river Is todrain the big pond
extending from the site of the de.
stroycd Mill No. 3 to Mill No. i. The
work will be in charge uf u salvage
company from New York who will put
force of men to work at an early date
to drain the pond and search in the
mud and debris for any machinery
that can be found The same com
pany will also recover rs much OF the
property Of the electric railway as
possible. The electric company VIII
lose at least one mile cf truok ut Cliff
ton. The trolley wire and rails are,
however, being recovered as rapidly ms
possible.
The machinery on the Immediate
sites of the Clifton Mills will be re-
covered by j. u. Garfunkel Of Colum.
bla who will begin work on next Mon
day morning. Mr., Garfunkel has pur-
chased all the scrap iron that may be
found among the wreokage while the
mill company will retain suoil machin-
cry as oan be used. The big fly wheel
at Mill No. 3 which weighs about
l00, 900 pounds has also been purchas,
ed by Mr.. Garfunkel, The wheel was
broken to pieces by the force OF the
flood and is absolutely useless to the
company.
l'y next Monday the banks or the
river will he crowded with busy work
men who will repair as far as possible
The storms work OF destruction. Later
on work will be started by the mill
company repairing Mills Nos. and
2. The Southern Railway was one Of
the heaviest losers in the county by
the flood Of June 6. ~ prominent
railroad man says that tho Southern
alone Will lose half a million dollars.
The roads will lose moro than their
net earnings from the entire state
for the current year on account of
the flood damage, trestles washed
away, etc.
1t Is now estimated that 25 per
cent OF the mill operatives have left
the Clifton Mills and Pacolet having
secured other jobs. At one time last
week there were no less than seven
teen mill representatives at Clifton
and Pacolet who had come to secure
mill labor from the ranks Of the opera
tiyes. It Is said that some Of the
operatives have evinced q marked de-
gree of unwillingness TO leave their
homes for other mills, thinking that
If they remained they would be the
recipients Of aid from the relief COM
mittee.
The time Of the year at which the
flood occurred has proven a very for
tunatc circumstance for had it oc-
Cured in winter or early spring much
additional suffering would have been
cntailcd The cars of the electric
comany continue to carry many visi-
tors to Clifton, but if, will probably be
only few weeks before the signs Of
wreckage are completely obliterated
and the big storm will have been a
thing of the past.