Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gutenberg Experiment Plan Made F BY HARRY HOPE darkie s place--picl (The following is a re-run of Mr. day long.' Hope's column of Oct. 19. Mr. THE C Hope, a native of Darlington Coun- --"Compi ty, got a lot of dirty words said to blares G< him since the column was also re- James Hai printed in the Darlington News & Come on Press.) yourself a Slim Jim Strom Enterprise today an- 2:30 two nounced the opening of "Redneck store but; World" located in historic Darling- geous stor ton County, amid the scenic dirt shotgun." farms and grit farms of South Caro- B EC K lina's rural Pee Dee section. verted co Imperial Wizard Robert Scog- cooler, a gins announced the plans to a news music juk conference at the base of the Con- Saturday federate statue in the Darlington the fun oi County Courthouse Square. to outrun "It's going to be a fine, good of courSE place for Christian families of reserve th white Southern origin," he said. anyone."' "We're gonna put it up right where THE F 41 brave Southerners overturned WI LL CH two buses full of darkies in Lamar JESUS C1 and thus died trying to save the NAZAR South for God. every nig[ "We are basing our plans for ing of th( Fidneck World on Disneyland and former a( Walt Disney World," he added. bible vers Some of the attractions are: with his t THE OLD PLANTATION- Spot the "Harken back to gracious living bring the1 before the days of the Northern to this sii Invasion. Here you will sip mint called a v juleps under mossy oaks and watch be damne Ike T BY BOB CRAFT So Ike tone voi( Bad Dreams cords lik( Ike Turner band whi United Artists UA-LA087-F Dick Fe The Ike and Tina Turner Revue Dick Fe has to be one of the hottest stage United d acts anywhere. The main focus in the act is on Mrs. Ike Turner, who has been called the sexiest woman So I It in music. Tina Turner's gyrations and said and heavy breathing turn the pay- troubadc ing customers into little dripping "Holy, pools of sweat and ice cream on that." stage floors everywhere, while hub- So I p by Ike plays guitar and see that the back to boys in the bank keep up with his tight, mta wife. of cottc A lot of people know that Ike sweating and Tina Turner put out records, button f< but what some people don't k now Well, is that Ike Turner puts out records tempted on his own. done wit His latest, Bad Dreams has just -Lucks been released. Ike's roots are, of Dick I course, blues roots. Chunky, thick KristoffE blues roots. Most of the cuts on the album are written by Ike. They are, for the most part happy blues tunes ranging from the rascally "One Nite Stand" to the genuine humor and philosophy of "Rats." INV This is not an album that is des tined to go to the top of the charts. Like most black blues ar tists, he is not "commercial enough" even 20 though the music on this album is better than "Proud Mary." (A or Red aves--who know their cotton in the fields all LD COUNTRY STORE :te with radio which spel rnusic and Billy jis sermons all day long. n and set a while: drink Red Rock Cola and eat a 3eef Stick. Every day at Yankees try to rob the re stopped by the coura .owner and his 12-guage Y'S PLACE--"A con intry store with a beer >ool table and a country box. Every afternoon is fternoon as you join in getting drunk and trying the Highway Patrol. And there is the sign 'We right to refuse service to IRST ORIGINAL FREE URCH OF THE LORD RIST THE APOSTOLIC :-NE INC.--"A revival t! Come hear the preach Rev. Tommy Lovelace, robat who knows 7000 3s, who plays the piano yes and uses his puppets, Dog and Mr. Weed, to rue gospel of Jesus Christ iful world. You will be orthless sinner; you will I to hell; you will be told I urner s and his superb blues bari e will go on making re Bad Drearrs and lead the e his wife shimmies. lers Wrote lers rtists UA-LA094-F oked at this album cover "Oh my God, another r." Then I looked again, country troubador at At it on the turntable, ran ny chair, huddled up real de- sure there was plenty n nearby and put my fingers on the destruct r my stereo. hrough the first cut I was to press the button and be i it, but no, I listened. for me. ellers is a story teller, like rson used to be. He winds SALE 4 PRICE VER CITY LADRAQS L.6GREEN STREET r FIVE POINTS) neck City that you.have no hope of salvation unless you give twenty dollars to the building fund. Top gospel groups such as Bonnie Lou and Buster, the King's Highwaymen, the Good News Trumpeters and the Four Gospelaires. Hear Tommy tell how he found God as he was falling off a high wire in the Circus! Surely to be the most popular and most needed experience of Red neck World." LITTLE SOUTHERN 500--"A unique ride. Jump in your 1965 Chevrolet with dual exhausts, shackles, six-cylinder engine with no muffler, flat grey paint and gaudy racing stripe down the mid dle with a confederate flag on the antennas. Ram hell out of every body else who's trying to ram hell out of you." JAI LBAIT CHASE R --"Jump in your Pontiac GTO and follow a 13-year-old girl (36-24-36) yelling things like "Hi, thar, sweetie. Wan na ride? or "Look at the boobs on that one, Harvey!" THE DIXIE PIG DRIVE IN--"Park and Blow; Toot 'n' Tell 'em. Cut your lights on and off and an incredibly ugly girl comes to take your order. Good greasy ham burgers for 35 cents, bring your own beer. Sober up on good coffee and lemon pie. Watch the fun as two drunks go at it with knives. Every night is Saturday night!" Solo AlbL his tales tight and you find yourself listening to them closely waiting to see how they will end. The cut 'Jerico Springs" is just such a story. It tells the story of a man who comes to a spring in Mis souri and while he is drinking, he sees the reflection of a girl, whom he comes to love. Until the last few lines of the last verse you are never sure whether the story will end happily or sadly. This was a new experience for me, or at least one that I had not To Mitzi Vi4edi fan, Mwerever you nay be: Mitzi has been stricken with that malady common among women of her age. Perhaps next week she will be back on the ball and will be able to anwer that letter that poured in. Confidential to R.H.H.: Your being O.T.R. is hard on evet ybody. How 'bout it? New Funi For New A new Federal program of stu dent financial aid, administered by the U.S. Office of Education, is now available to qualified new.stu dents who have never attended an institution of post-secondary ed ucation. Under the recently Federally funded program of Basic Educa tional Opportunity Grants, an eligible Freshman may receive an award based on the amount Fed im Good I had in quite some time: Waiting im patiently to see how the story ends. The people in Fellers' songs have characters, which is why one waits so impatiently. Some of the stories are sad, some are happy. Although, some are a bit saccharine, like "Biff, the Purple Bear.'" Stories are not the only contri bution that Fellers makes, how ever. His guitar picks and weaves music about the characters in his I ~LUM' Dra Roa1 FisA OPEN 11:00 my 2005 G In Fi Have a problem?VWite Mitzi Vivaldi c/o the GAMECOCK, Drawr A, LEC. (And be sure to put the whole adress)-mif Voudon't,judging from past experienc with campus nil, your problem may be herd by anyone inthe Athletic Departrient, and that's not one of Mitzi's famorite hangouts). ds Here Students eral authorities calculate that his family should contribute. This grant can be up to one-half of the amount he needs to pursue a post secondary education up to stated maximum amounts. To be eligible a student must prove financial need and must be enrolling in an eligible institution of post-secondary education for the f irst time. 3lues kingdom. His method is reminis cent of Doc Watson and Merle Travis. He doesn't go overboard and hoke it up.- too much with the country bit and he lets his stories unwind up on the porch, not let ting either the music or the story come either first or second to the other. Perhaps the dedication to the al bum is more telling than anything I could say ''To John Steinbeck and Merle Travis." i SPECIAL ft Beer st Beef & Chips-. AM 'TEL t2:00 PM Mon.-Sat. reen Street ye Points