WILLIAM H. SKINNER

THE DEATH OF WILLIAM H. SKINNER, CAUSED BY AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE, OCCURRED MONDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME IN KELLERTON.  IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT MR. SKINNER TOOK THE MORPHINE WITH SUICIDAL INTENT.  FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS HE HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL AND WAS SUFFERING SEVERE PAIN FROM AN ULCERATED TOOTH.  HE TOOK MORPHINE TO LESSEN HIS SUFFERINGS, AND PROBABLY DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE HAD TAKEN ENOUGH OF THE DRUG TO KILL HIM UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.  WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS CONDITION WAS GROWING SERIOUS, DR. A. CAMP WAS SUMMONED AND WHEN HE REACHED THE SKINNER RESIDENCE HE FOUND HIS PATIENT IN A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION.  HE AT ONCE THOUGHT A CONSULTATION WITH OTHER PHYSICIANS NECESSARY AND BEFORE THE OTHER PHYSICIANS  HAD TIME TO ARRIVE THE DRUG HAD DONE ITS DEADLY WORK.  MR. SKINNER WAS ABOUT FIFTY YEARS OLD AD HAS LIVED IN RINGGOLD COUNTY FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AND IS WELL KNOWN TO A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR CITIZENS.  FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HE HAS LIVED IN KELLERTON AND FOR SOME TIME HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A MEAT MARKET IN THAT CITY.  THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN KELLERTON YESTERDAY AND WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. C. E. WOOD OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.