Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 Clofl j Published m f?r employe iifst" I and Lydia Clinton, S. direction o , , Crocker, Ir Member of South * ? ? Atlantic Council of lions Industrial Editors Calvin Cooper E. C. Huffstetler The publishers of The items of interest from to your departmen person attiw As Thanksgiving Day com each and every one of us, pai ouslv think of the many tl devoutly thankful. As Amei freedoms which are ours of s^: As textile employees we give security which we enjoy in a that we live today in a world with troubles and threats of ^ ful for and it behooves us to God Who has made all this j "Almighty God, Who has heritage; we humbly beseech ourselves a people mindful o will. In the time of prosperi ness, and in the day of troul to fail. Amen." Lets Look Our ability to earn a liv attitude toward this business we may obtain. Some of us believe we cai doing it in cooperation with one-man proposition. Most plished by united efforts. Sometimes we think of sa rules instead of in terms of of safety are more important of skill. Safety is a way of Our attitudes create the c performed. They determine ations, which develop as a i and have a great deal to do attitude toward us. Poor attitudes consist of can't happen to me", and "re a consistant feeling of anger and consideration for others an individual contributes to Good attitudes consist of ncrs; care and consideration feelings; ar.d a share of r attitudes prevent accidents i on the highway. Three Some people talk about " ''an nwnnr" if Ihnv \xrr>m ter of fact, there's no such d one of us is an employee, a in a 24-hour day. It's like '< assume at times during eac When we finish our wo home to shop . . . that's whe make a deposit in a bank, that's when we're an owner in business for us so that w Under the wonderful ai made our country so strong sion of interest. We are al and all owners. To keep A got to think of all three as oi that's the way we want it. slogan ... "United we stand (31jr #trs BmM " ? lonthly by and ^ >es of Clinton />i Cotton Mills, C., under the / f Claude A. //^^nS ^ idustrial Rcla- w . Member of American uirecior. Association of Industrial K<lltiir? Editor Staff Artist Clothmakcr will welcome its readers. Turn them in tal reporters or to the nel office. inksgiving cs around again this year, let us, use for a few moments and serihings for which we should be ricans, we are thankful for the >eech, of thought, and of worship, thanks for our jobs and our job fine company. We are thankful at peace, even though it is beset var. We have much to be thanktake time and give thanks to our jossible for us. given us this good land for our Thee that we may always prove f Thy favor and glad to do Thy ny nil our nearis wnn manKiuiDle, suffer not our trust in Thee At Ourselves ing is important to us, and our of living can affect the success "i do it alone, and some of us try others. Actually, living isn't a of our achievements are accomfetv only in terms of guards and people, but the human problems than mechanical defects or lack life. dimate within which one's job is how we meet all kinds of situ rve lilt f m i ?? m 4 n * ? 4 ?*ti 4 h *-v 4 V-* couil Vif V-IUi LU1UCILI Willi Ullici d i with their own work and thei beliefs, such as "know it all", " 1 lies only apply to the other guy"; toward others; and lack of care . A poor attitude on the part or a poor accident record. common courtesy and good manof others; the promotion of goer' esponsibilitv with others. Good n employment, in the home, and As One an employee" ... "a consumer" ... three different people. As a mativision in America. Almost every consumer, and an owner all withi sort of split personality that we h day. 1 1 ? - i Kuav, we may stop on ine way n we are consumers. Or we may or a payment on a home . . . and , for the bank invests that money e may get interest on our money. id democratic system which has , there is no such thing as a divi1 employees ... all consumers . .. merica strong and healthy, we've ne. That's the way it really is, and It's all said for us in a familiar I . . . divided we fall." ngtlj Of A THE CLOTHMAKER UAflHK 15HWR^K^E?^' ^y?V\i^iijii Respects Paid 1 Steam locomotives, once common place on the two railroads through Clinton, are a complete rarity and cause for much excitement among children from romper size to ninety these day* The people of the town gathered along the Seaboard Air Line Railroad tracks on Tuesday, No vember 10, for a last gaze at a stately old lady making her last trip to retirement; they gathered to bid farewell in a fond manner to a portion of the past. Gainesville Midland Railroad Engine Number .'101 passed through Clinton on her way to Charlotte, N. C., from Athens. Georgia, and paused long enough here for a big drink of water for her thirsty boiler. Kids, young and old. met her at trackside in front of the Clinton City Water works, and had ample opportunity to view the engine while the Seaboard crew borrowed fire hose sections, coupled to a fire hydrant and gave the old girl a tank full of water. Even the local radio station was on hand to offer greetings to the men who accompanied the engine; Mr. H. O. Price as engineer and Mr. ft. J. Kieth, Road Foreman of Engines for the Seaboard. Mr. C. H. Lineberger, Superintendent of the Georgia Division of the Seaboard, and Mr. J. W. Campbell of Clinton. Roadmaster, were also in the group who met the engine. The engine is a 2-8-0 type engine, that is, 2 guide or "pony" wheels, and 4 sets of driving wheels, with no trailer wheels at all under the firebox. It was built in 1920 k,. t *: u v UIU iJillUWlll IjUUMIUHIVU Works, and served many years on the Seaboard as engine number 9.'10. Then it was sold to the Georgia Shortline by the name of the Gainesville Midland, running between Gainesville, Athens, and Monroe, Georgia. The new owners numbered her (Eampang lo Passing Friend By Williams S. Cannon 301, a number she held on her last trip. For years the engine worked faithfully for the Georgia Shortline. and then the Seaboard bought the railroad, lock, stock, barrel, and locomotives. This meant the death knell for the steam engines, for the Seaboard Railroad has only Diesc1 engines, having run its las. stnnm engine through Clinton on Train Number 6 on the night of June 22, 1952. This engine was the 265 in charge of Engineer I. E. Sprouse, whose brother. Gradv Sprouse, still runs Number 6 through Clinton. So. the seven steam engines owned by the Gainesville Midland were destined for the fate of so many of the nation's steam engines since the advent of the more efficient but less colorful Diesel engines .. . the torch and the scrap pile . .. an ignominious end for such grand pieces of machinery. Then, seve r a 1 towns along the line of the Gainesville Midi a n d, and even a town far from the Gainesville Midland right-ofway. asked for the engines to be put in parks and preserved for posterity as a part of the American past. All but one of the seven, and it was almost dismantled for parts, will be resting for \ ears to come in municipal parks, there to be gazed upon by young and old alike, and The 301 was on its way to Freedom Park in Charlotte, and the Seaboard decided to run it under its own power. Provisions were made along the line for cities to water the engine with fire hoses, and even Chester was to hnln nut bv having the engine coaled up by a railroad section crew whi'e it was stopped there. The word got out along the line: schools let out; people congregated; the engine came. Stops were made to let children who had never seen a steam engine look her over. One emergency stop had to be made when an ash-pan Sites 3n 3 NOVEMBER. 1959 Btzk ill* ? i BS&SBflfc - - Engine 301 chute broke loose under the engine, and fire was falling to the ties and setting the : 1 i r: n : ~ lamuau un lire. n.epaiis> weie made in Abbeville, and on the veteran came. All day long, folks waited. The time of arrival kept moving up. but finally at 3:55 P.M., the whistle was heard in the distance. and up the track came a vision of the past. The Seaboard Railroad was proud of the engine, and showed it. Even a fast freight, Train Number 85, was given the following order at Clinton so that the steamer could get along its way: "Order Number 117, Nov 10th, 1959, To No. 85. No. 85 Eng 1805 Wait at Greenwood until two forty five 245 PM for Extra GM 301 East." The engine was delivered in Charlotte on Wednesday, and was presented to the city by J. M. Broctzman of the Soahnnrd Tho piiditv-nnn ton giant will bo loaded on a drop-bed truck and moved to the park where it will have a track <>f its own. Steam engines are all but gone, there onlv being a few left in main line service and backwoods shortlinc service, and even fewer on tourist railroads; but there will always be a man somewhere who will tell his son of the days of railroading when the fiery, hissing giants of the rails pulled long trains; of the n i g h I s that a lonesome whistle could he heard resounding over the countryside; sights and sounds gone but not forgotten. Clinton paid its respects to the Grand t>id i.actv .in i. and sent ner on the wav to Charlotte with a good wish, and perhaps a tear or two for her passing. (About the author ... Mr. Cannon is a member of the Presbyterian College faculty and an avid railroad enthusiast and Historian. He is relief telegraph operator for the CN&L Railroad and an Honorary Vice President of the famous "Tweetsie" Railroad in Blowing Rock, N. C.) Its ppnplr