The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Busy Scenes Along Pacolee River.
Wrcoking Companies at work.

The Spartanburg Journal saws a
busy scene greeted the visitors Thurs.
day along the banks of the recent
turbulent Pacolet river where the
Jury OF the waters worked such ex-
tenSiye destruction. At the Cliftons
ana at PacOlet scores of laborers 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
hve men at work, securing the river
banks and the recesies OF the stream
looking for. cotton, many bales OF
which are being recovered. Al
The plan Of the Clifton Company fol
securing what machinery they can
from the river is to drain the big pond
extending from the site OF the dc.
stroycd Mill No. to Mill No. l. The
work Will be in charge OF Il 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 will
lose at least ono mile Of trao!s at Cliff
ton. The trolley wire and rails are,
however, being recovered as rapidly rs
possible.
The machinery OH tho 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 wreCkage while the
mill company will retain such machin-
cry as can be used. The big fly wheel
at Mill No. which weighs about
100, 900 pounds has also been purchas,
ed by MIR. 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 OF tile
river will be 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 Hood OF June 6. ~ prominent
railroad man says that tho Southern
alone will lose half a million dollars.
The roads will lose more 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 we're no less than seven
teen mill representatives at Clifton
and PacOlet who had come to secure
mill labor from the ranks OF. the opera
tlyes. 1t. is said that some Of the
operatives have evinccd Il married. de-,
gree of unwlllingness to leave their
homes for other mills, thinking that
If they remained they would be the
recipients OF aid from the relief com
mittce.
The time Of the year at which the
Hood occurred has proven very for
tunate circumstance for had it oc-
CURED in winter or early spring much
additional suffering would have been
entailcd. The cars of the electric
comany continue to carry many yisi-
tors to Clifton, but it 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 mast