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1 mm STATE WEATHER SOUTH CAROLINA Outlook fair and mild today. High ranging from 80 to 83, Thursday partly cloudy and continued mild. DAILY 5c. SUNDAY 10c WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1962 ORANGEBURG, S.

C. ASSOCIATED PRESS AP WIREPHOTO VOL. 105 NO. 283 PTU1 mm Ey DEAN B. LIVINGSTON Remember the story about the Negro woman who was supposed to be dead but became "alive" again as the preacher was delivering the final rites and as a result scared the living daylights out of ail the mourners? I always considered the tale an absolute fabrication, but now E.

O. Hudson Orangeburg businessman, sheds some light on the subject that indicates legitimate foundation for the story. And. according to a newspaper ironi Tops AH" F.F.A. Castro Confab HAVANA (AP)-Prime Minister Fidel Castro postponed Tuesday what had been hoped would be the final meeting withNew York attorney James B.

Donovan lead ing to the release of 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners, informed sources The informants said that it was WOULD DISCUSS ISSUES the county welcomed. this week in the football games (the first of which is tonight between Cameron and Elloree at 8 o'clock), grandstand acts, hell drivers, dance contests and a variety of other things for your fun and frolic. (Staff Photo) fair as seen by a Times and Democrat camera. The midway is just one attraction which Orangeburg travelers have Other entertainment at the fair includes miany excellent displays exhibit buildings, three high school ORANGEBURG FAIR OASIS A traveler coming in out of the darkness of the Sahara would have welcomed the sight above. Or-angeburg County travelers by the thousands saw it last night but, perhaps, with a little more detail.

It's a shot of the midway at Delays Final On Prisoners Congress Makes Little Progress On Adjournment WASHINGTON (AP) Congress's expected drive for final adjournment stalled again Tues day with little progress on clearing major legislative roadblocks particularly themultIbillion-dol- Iar water projects bill despite Democratic talk of a windup this week. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, the Senate's assistant Democratic leader, said Thusday night is the target now. He pre dicted that goal could be met But Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, informed of the forecast, "What week?" House Speaker John W.

McCor- mack, said every effort was being made "to get through this week. But these obstacles to ending the longest session since 1951 re mained: 1. Reconciling the Senate's more than $4-billion authorization for constructing flood control, naviga tion and beach erosion projects with the House's ver sion. The House Rules Committee discussed it but took no action on moving it toward conference. Indonesia Asks Meet Between Kennedy, Khrushchev At UN FFA Group Gets 11 Firsts, 13 Second Places Future farmers from the Cameron FFA chapter walked away with the honors at Monday's judging in the FFA Field Crop Department at the Orangeburg County Fair.

The Cameron Chapter won 11 firsts, and 13 second places to carry off top honors. Cecil Moore, of the Cameron Chapter, won the most individual prizes four first and three second. George Zeigler was second high with two first and three seconds. Dan Stoudenmire was third with two first and two seconds. George and Dan are also from the Cameron Chapter.

Moore won first and second on single ears of white corn, first and second on single stalk of white corn, first on oats and coastal ber-muda hay and second on wheat. Zeigler won first on peck of wheat and soybeans, and second on peck soybeans, oats and rye. Dan Stoudenmire won first and second on legume hay, first on rye, and second on coastal bermuda hay. Sandy Houck won first and se cond on single stalks of cotton. Steve Huffstetler first on single stalk yellow corn, and Jimmy Stra in an first on ten ears white corn.

Tom Moss won second prize on peanuts and sugar cane; Bates Houck second on single stalk yel low corn rod Leon- Smith second on three stalks of soybeans. Branchville Chapter members the second most blue and red rib bons. Frankie Whetstone won first on sugar cane. Lawrence McAl- hany won first on tobacco and Ben ny Dukes second on tobacco. Orangeburg was third with Teddy Jeffords winning first on a single ear of yellow corn and Mike Stroble first on peck of peanuts.

St Matthews winners were Jerry Zeigler first on ten ears yellow corn and Ronnie Bozard second on single ear Yellow corn. Johnny Bonnette and Tommy Bonnette of Edisto won first and second respectively on three stalks of sorghum. Wayne Goodwin of Bowman Chap ter won first on peck of sweet potatoes. Danny Evans of the Holly Hill Chapter had first on three stalks of soybeans. North Chapter winners were: Jackie Fogle second on ten ears white corn.

Kenneth Jeffcoat se cond on ten ears yellow corn and Clyde Burns Livingston second or. peck of sweet potatoes. Future Farmers from ten Chapters in Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties participated in the FFA Field Crop Exhibit. In addition to the above mentioned Chapters, Norway and Springfield had entries in the FFA Field Crop Department SWINE The winners in the swine judging held Tuesday Afternoon; POLAND CHINAS P.F. McAl-haney, Grand Champion boar; S.

J. Summers, Grand Champion sow. DUROCS: O. L. Eargle, Blythe-wood, Grand Champion Boar and Sow.

HAMPSHIRE: Mary Delia Mac-key, Grand Champion Boar and Sow. CHESTER WHITE: C. Y. Mc-Cants, Grand Champion Boar; Sam McAlhaney, Grand Champion sow. YORKSHIRE: Clyde B.

Livingston, second prize (no first prize given). In the 4-H Club booth, a variety (Please Turn To Page 2) Dorchester Rapist Ask New Trial COLUMBIA (AP) Lawyers for convicted rapist Louis Moorer argued before the State Supreme Court Tuesday that the Dorchester County Negro should be granted a new trial because of what they said wore legal lapses on the part of the trial judge. One attorney, W. Newton Pough, claimed the presiding judge erred when he turned down a motion to shift the site of the trial. Ho contended Moorer could not get (in Impartial trial because of the prominence of (he white woman, whom Moorer was accused of assaulting last December.

Came Negro Asserts Struggle Made More Difficult OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Negro James H. Meredith criticized Tuesday the way the Army and, indirectly, the NAACP have handled certain aspects of his historic desegregation of the University of Mississippi. He said the instances he cited "have made my struggle most difficult." In a formal statement made available to newsmen, Meredith: 1. Again denied a report, attributed earlier to a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People," that he had been picked for the desegregation move, rather than acting on his own initiative.

2. Complained that the Army had segregated the troops brought in here after the riot that erupted when he appeared on the campus nine days ago. Meredith named no NAACP official in his complaint. But John A. Morsel, assistant to Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, said In New York that Meredith, in effect, was "self-selected" and added: "It does not matter whether he was self-selected or handpicked." Aaron Henry, president of the Mississippi NAACP, was quoted earlier as saying Meredith had been selected for the desegregation move.

Henry could not be reached for comment Tuesday. As for the Army, it flatly denied that segregation was the order of the day at present but did say some patrols had been kept on an all-white basis at the height of the tension several days ago. Otherwise, Meredith, headed into his seventh day of classes and ate lunch In the school cafeteria without incident. A Justice Department attorney accompanied him, and two marshals stayed close by. Meredith said Negro soldiers had been "purged from positions in the ranks." Secretary of the Army Cyrus R.

Vance said Negro soldiers were not put on patrols to "avoid unnecessary incidents" during the tense days after the rioting. But since last Friday, he said, orders have been issued to use Negroes in all normal operations. The Army said it was continuing its troop-withdrawal policy by pulling out 5,900 more regular sol-. diers from the Mississippi-Tennes see area. This brings to 11.300 the number withdrawn since Monday.

About 10,000 soldiers remain in the Oxford area some 7,000 regular troops and about 3,000 Mis sissippi National Guardsmen, the Army said. In an interview that Meredith himself sought, he released a handwritten statement labeling as untrue a claim that he had been "picked, selected or chosen" to integrate Ole Miss. The claim may have added to stiff student opposition to him, he said. "If It (the statement) were true, Meredith said, "I must admit I would think their (the students) opposition would be in some ways justified." Meredith added It was of prime concern that persons who claim to be Negro leaders be "individ uals of unquestioned integrity and not Individuals who will make ir responsible statements to gain personal ends." Morsell, at NAACP headquar ters in New York, said Meredith had approae' ed NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers in Jackson, in 1960, seeking help. To that extent, Meredith wts self-selected," Morsell said.

In criticizing the Army, Mer edith said "the military units looked like American units" during his first two days on campus. Since that time the units have been segregated, he said. After mentioning the situation to authorities, Meredith said he was toldtho Negro soldiers would be returned to their places In the ranks. Meredith said he had seen un-avrn'A Negro soldiers on a garbage detail truck Monday. White members of the detail were armed.

"This condition constitues a dis honor and a disgrace to the hun dreds of thousands of Negroes who wear the uniform of our military services," Meredith said. The Army said orders restoring Negroes to all normal duties con- nine in effect. LOCAL WEATHER ORANGEBURG Fair and mild today. Sunset today 5:58 p.m. Sunrise tomoirow 6:26 a.m.

Thursday, partly cloudy, continued mild, Fa or Antitrust Suit Filed Against Big Oil Firms LOS ANGELES (AP)-A civil antitrust suit was filed by the Justice Department Tuesday and Richfield, three of the nation's largest oil companies. The department said the suit accuses Cities Service and Sin clair of agreeing not to compete with Richfield or with each other in six Western states California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona. Richfield agreed in return, It was alleged, not to compete with the other two companies in the rest of the country. A department spokesman said the action in U.S. Dist.

Court asks the court to order the three companies to stop allocating markets. It asks further that Cities Service and Sinclair be directed to sell their Richfield stock holdings, the spokesman said, and that Cities Service and Sinclair di rectors be required to resign from Richfield's board of directors. The suit named seveal directors of all three companies. Also named were two other companies Empire Gas Fuel Co. of New York, a subsidiary of Cities Serv ice, and Sinclair Delaware Corp.

of New York, a Sinclair subsidi ary. Directors named as defendants are: B. S. Watson, Cities Service board chairman and a member of the Richfield board. J.

Ed Warren, Cities Service president and member of Cities Service and Richfield boards. H. L. O'Brien, Cities Service general counsel and a member of the Cities Service and Rich field boards. P.

C. Spencer, Sinclair board chairman and Richfield board member. E. L. Steinigcr, Sinclair presi dent and member of the Sinclair and Richfield boards.

Copenhagen Greets S.C. Trade Group COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Gov. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina flew to foggy Copenhagen Tuesday night at the head of a 33-man mission touring western Europe to boost commerchl inter est in the state. He was asked about tlie Mississippi Integration crisis.

The group was welcomed at Ka.slrup Airport by officials of the U.S. Embassy on arrivvl Amsterdam and is scheduled to spend one full day in the Danish capital. Gov. Hollinss will address the American Club of Copenhagen Wednesday. He to hold a news conference at the airport, where a chill mist hung over tile runways.

A persistent Danish wf him for a comment on the l.u v'. Mississippi. "I to It r-'id i Hie papers about that," Hollings replied, boarding a car lor his hotel In downtown Copenhagen. account of the affair produced by Mr. Hudson, the "return to hie" happened almost In our backyard in Blackville in Barnwell Coun ty.

The following is the published account of the highly unusual funeral Essie Dunbar, 70, has outlived the doctor who pronounced her dead 40 years ago. The Blackville Negro was picking cotton today, very much alive, even though her funeral was preached and her coffin sealed nearly half a century ago. Dr. Hammond, who has practiced medicine here for 50 years, said in the summer of lsi5 the late Dr. D.

K. Briggs of Blackville answer ed a call to attend Essie, then 30, who has suffered an attack of epilepsy. As the story goes, Dr. Briggs examined Essie, could find no signs of life, and pronounced her dead. Essie's bereaved family dressed her in her best cottons, placed her In a homemade wooden, coffin and made funeral plans, soliciting three ministers to officiate at the ser vice, set for 11 a.m.

the next day, The funeral was scheduled In the late morning In order to give Essie's sister, who lived in Allen dale, an opportunity to catch the train to Blackville. The train was slated to arrive shortly before the funeral. The three preachers each took turn at the rostrum, and when the service was over the coffin was opened and the large gathering fil ed by to take one last look at "poor Essie." But the sister from Allendale had not arrived. Should they continue with funeral plans or wait awhile longer before journeying to the ce metery and committing Essie's re mains to the grave? They decided to proceed with the funeral. Essie's sister would sure ly arrive any minute.

Winding up the slight hill to the ieemetery, relatives and friends kept looking back, hoping to see the sister coming along. She didn't come. Someone was sure she wasn't coming. Maybe the train didn run today for some reason. They decided to continue with the service.

The three ministers gave their brief graveside talks, said a final prayer, then stood aside as the mortician's helpers lowered the coffin into the six-foot grave and be gan throwing dirt into the hole. Dr. Hammond recalls that the workers had dumped about a cof fin and a half of earth atop the cof fin when a mournful chant reach- ad up from the bottom of the hill "Gotta see po' Essie one more time! Gotta see po' Essie one more time!" It was Essie's sister. She had arrived at last and was making her way to the grave, clapping her hands and chanting as she came. But how could the belated arrival see her deceased sister? There Essie lay in the grave, a half- ton of earth already atop the coffin.

The ministers held a brief con ference, then ceremoniously in structed the workers to remove the coffin from the grave. Essie's sister would have her last look! When the dirt had been removed and the coffin laid atop the ground, parallel to the grave, the three ministers, two tall fellows and one short by comparison, stood side by side on the narrow strip of earth between the coffin and the six-foot-hole, their Bibles in their hands. The screws were removed from the coffin lid. The lid itself was removed. Then pandemonium broke loose! Essie, poor "dead" Essie, had raised up in the coffin and was smiling a greeting to her sister.

The three ministers fell back in to the open grave, the shortest re ceiving three broken ribs when the other two trampeled him in an effort to climb out of the hole. The rest of the mourners, includ ing Essie's sister, sprouted wings on their fect and fled in utter hor ror. The little preacher finally man aged to get clear of the grave and fled after the crowd. Essie, not realizing that it was she who had caused such fright, climbed from the coffin and joined in the stamp ede, ringing up the rear. Dr.

Hammond relates that when the bunch looked back and saw Essie running after them, their fright turned to panic. They had the life scared out of them and now were being chased by a "ghost." But Essie was and is no "ghost." Sha's very much alive, though her nome and her world were very lonely places for many years, for after her "return to life" and until recent years she was a "haunted woman," and none ol her race Piggies Still Going To Market Fair's Swine Supervisor Has Seen 'Em Come And Go unlikely Castro and Donovan wouldtmeet later in the day. "You'd better check again tomorrow," the informants told newsmen. The sources said Castro put off the session so hecould welcome President Osvaldo Dorticos back from the United Nations in New at any moment plunge humanity into a nuclear holocaust," he said. He expressed hope the leaders of the big powers will not let any opportunity go by without making a supreme effort to ease the dangerous situation prevailing in the divided nations.

There have been published reports that Khrushchev may come to the United Nations after the U.S. elections early in November. A meeting with Kennedy was described as likely if there is no further deepening of the Berlin crisis by that time. No official statement has been issued either in Moscow or Washington on the subject. Fair.

Presently he is the supervisor of the swine department. And from the times when the agricultural aspect of the fair was practically the entire fair itself, Summers has seen pigs come and go. This is but another year on the calendar he has actively participated. Summers, at 64, is probably the oldest breeder and raiser of pigs in this corner of the pen. And, as the pigs have changed, only one pig.

His father, the late Samuel Animals York. Dorticos arrived in the evening aboard a special Cuban airliner, and he and Castro sped from the airport to the Presidential Palace. Before leaving New York Dor ticos turned back questions about reports of the prisoners' imminent release with a "no comment. Responsible sources in Havana had said that only one final meet ing between Castro and Donovan stood in the way of freedom for the prisoners taken in the abor tive Cuban invasion in April 1961. The informants said Donovan al ready had arranged for the pris- oners' air transportation to Miami.

Relatives and friends of the prisoners in Havana have ex pressed confidence that agree ment on the terms of the release has been reached and that only formalities, such as the wording of the communique, remained to be worked out This impression was heightened in New York where Donovan was quoted as saying by telephone from Havana during the day "I'm looking forward to an early resolution of the problem. I hope to have something to say later today or tomorrow. I am op timistic." Summers, was a well known South Carolina physician and Calhoun County's first senator, had plenty of them, and was the first in th's area to start raising registered Poland China's. This is where Summers first came in touch with swine, and he readily admits it. "What little I do know about them," he said while walking through his area of the swine building at the Orangeburg County Fair, "I was able to learn from my father.

He started raising them in 1894, and I just kept it up." Summers, who at 61 looks more the age of 46, has 20 of his animals entered in this year's fair, although he has 29 on hand. "One of the gilts had a litter only three weeks ago," he said with a bit of pride as he pointed out the fact they were all big, healthy, and none of them died. As a matter of fact, that was one of the changes he pointed out as having taken place during the past years. "When my father raised the pigs," he said, "the average litter was six. Now the avenge Is nine, so I've upped his number by three." In his opinion, this is getting not only bigger, but better liters than in the days of the big, wolf and the three pigs.

"We always try to get a strong healthy pig, and one that wcihd (Please Turn To Page 2) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP Indonesia called Tuesday for a meeting between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev on Berlin and related East-West issues, preferably at the United Nations during the present assembly session. Sukasdjo Wirjopranoto, Indonesia's permanent U.N. representative, told the 109-nationGeneral Assembly that the forcible division of Germany, China, Korea and Viet Nam threaten world peace. "The Berlin issue in particular, which is at the heart of the problem of a divided Germany, can By KEN RAY Of The Times and Democrat Remember the 1 story about "this little piggy went to market, this little piggy went home?" Well, pigs have went (or gone) a long way since then.

They've even gone a long way since the turn of the century according to S. J. (Sam) Sum-ers, of Cameron. And Summers should know. For the past 52 years, he has been at the Orangeburg County Summers With One Of His i A.

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