The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-04-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Is. -. DrlS,ON, y.
Darlington, came do"n Saturday
ON visit.
Miss EImq Murphy, who had been
on visit of some four months to
her mother III Kissimmec, Ga, has
returned home
Miss Mabel Rollins re urned home
Wednesday. While away she went
to see her brother, Mr.. {. y. Roi-
linS, in Baltimore.
Miss Geddy, Of Charleston was in
town last week She came up to
attend the funeral Of Rr. FHiNore
and remained oNer a few days with
friends
Mrs. W. r. Buie and children, Of
Georgetown, spent day last week
with Mrs. Buie'S 81: ter, Mrs. II. G.
AskinS. From here they went over
TO Scranton to visit Mrs. W. 5.
Lynch.
DR.. A. II. Williams went over to
Mario last week on business with
the Marion iron works. He was in
search of the iron work for the truss
roof of the new warehouse.
The Lake City High School closed
last Friday. 1t seems to be difficult
= to carry or a school after the rerry
season opens. The picking is done
by children, and great Many OF
the children want hand in II.
The first shipment of strawber-
9ries was made last Saturday, the
10th. They came from Nr. 5. j.
Singletary's farm and were shipped
to Washington, ID. &. Last year the
first shimpent was on the 18TH, two
days earlier.
Messra. Sauls & Graham are turn
ing out berry cups and crates right
along now. They are working
number of hands in their factory
and are ready to meet the demands
of berry growers IN this section.
They have one expert cup maker
who is said to he able to make
twelve hundred cups a day. This
seems to US very fast work.
We are called upon to perform a
duty peculiarly sad, that of announ-
ciug the end of life full of prom
ises of more than ordinary success
and usefulness that has been cut
short in ITS opening career. Yet
there is much qualification in that
this life though briefWas we'll round
ed and differed from an existence
of three score years and ten only in
quantity but not in quality. DIR.
james Clyde Fulmore departed
this life on April 10Th, 1901, at his
home in Lake City. He WAS i'll
a'!out three weeks and suffered
Inuck. 1t waSGnl V at intervals that
he was conscious. All that medical
skill and science could do for him
was done DrS, Williams, Is "ckin-
tOn, ,Durant, HiAnant, Pierce and Fad
DIV strOve to drive b TEX the de-
SIroyer but the fiat HI gone forth
that he mu. t die, ami this fit c0ul |
not be stayed. From the first Ii =
scented to realize that the sands
were running out, and made no ef-
fort tu deceive himself as to h : real
condition Twenty-four hours be-
fore the watcher heard the last rat
lie his spirit had cn;eS'd tn. great
unseen. He saw flowers that were
not in his roOm, heard music that
gave no sound TO those around and
talked with friends AMI comrades
who went into the ether room
months and years ago. a few mo-
lnentS before the END cane he asked
for his little girl, his only child.
When brought he rested mis- hand
upon her baby head in silence, per-
haps giving to her his parting bless
ing and making for ner his last
prayer. Then his mind wandered
again and he drifted away, and
"the tide being out he went out with
the TIDE"
He was Il son Of DR.. Il. r. Fulmore,
and was born August II, 1872. He
graduated from the South Carolina
Medical College in the sp:ing of
1896 and Immediately entered upon
the practice of medicine and pur-
sued it diligently and successfully
until three weeks ago. Soon after
beginning his life work he married
Miss Matte Sutcliffe, of Charleston,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. y. y. SUIT
clitfe and granddaughter Of the
iamented Rev. John l.. Rollins.
His wife and baby girl survive.
During the six years that he
practiced medicine he gained \
really enviable reputation as Il
physician and had built up "a very
large practice. Young as he was