In the
earliest days of Cliffside, before a school had been built, a section
of the Cloth Room in the mill was curtained off to serve as a classroom.
Later, classes were held in the store building. Notes for the photo
tell us that Clarence Watkins is one of the students, and that Winnie
Davis Shelby is the teacher. Photo circa 1907.
(Into
the 1950s fire buckets like those mounted on the columns were still
present in some sections of the mill.)