The train fare from Beaufort to the cities up north was costly, and the closest bus stop was in Charleston, away. Luckily, by 1958, the Greyhound Lines bus (called "The Dog" by locals in Beaufort) had finally made Beaufort a stop on its South Carolina route. Frazier had a brother, Tommy, in New York and was told that he could stay with Tommy and his family. Frazier had to save up a bit before he could make the bus trip to New York and still have some money in his pocket and so he first went to work at the local Coca-Cola plant. Joe remarked that the white guy would drive the truck and that he would do the real work stacking and unloading the crates. Joe stayed with Coca-Cola until the government began building houses for the Marines stationed at Parris Island, when he was hired on a work crew.