Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail, wife of Prof. J. M. Ariail, head of the English Department of Columbia College, was found dead at her residence in College Place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a gunshot wound, apparently self-inflicted. Despondency over her recent illness is thought by friends to have been the cause leading to the cause.
Mrs. Ariail was found lying in front of a dressing table in her room at the Hyatt Avenue residence, a gunshot wound in her right temple, and powder burns about the wound to indicate that the pistol had been fired at close range, according to J. B. Scott, county coroner, Under the dresser there lay a pistol. Evidence from every angle pointed clearly to death by her own hand, Mr. Scott said, but a final decision was not made, pending the arrival of Professor Ariail, who was at Chapel Hill, N.
C., at the time, and who did not arrive until late last night.
Mrs. Ariail had returned from taking her children to school and had talked with a neighbor, W. F. Cleveland, before going in the house. Not long afterwards there came a shot, and a servant in the house called in Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, who found Mrs. Ariail.
The news of Mrs. Ariail's death cast a gloom over Columbia College and the surrounding community where she was held in high esteem as she took an active part in affairs of the community.
Mrs. Ariail is survived by her husband, and three children, Cecilia age Fourteen, James Milton Jr., nine, and Muldrow Green six.
Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Green, prominent Bishopville citizen. She was graduated from the College for Women in Columbia. In 1909 she married Mr. Ariail, who was then superintendent of the city schools of Lancaster. Her only brother, Muldrow Green, a prominent Columbia Citizen, died during the influenza in 1918.
Mrs. Ariail was a member of the Wofford Methodist Church, of which Professor Ariail's father, the Rev. J. W. Ariail, was pastor. She was a personal worker, however, in the College Place Methodist Church. Mrs. Ariail was a member of Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters, a member of the College Place Methodist Church Missionary Society, and devoted much time to charitable work, being interested especially min the Children's Clinic. She was a kind and thoughtful neighbor, a devoted wife, and unselfish mother. Her home was well known for the hospitality shown.
Mrs. Ariail had been ill since last August, but lately seemed to have in better spirits although still weak from her illness. Professor Ariail has been doing work at the University of North Carolina towards a Ph,D., and was expected today by Mrs. Ariail for the easter Holidays.
Her closest relative, Thomas Muldrow, H. G. Muldrow, Mrs. Henry Muldrow, and Mrs. O. W. Williamson, all of Bishopville, arrived yesterday.
All classes at Columbia College will be suspended today, a recital that was to have been given tonight will be postponed, as is the case with a dinner that was to have been given tomorrow night.
Funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday, April 10, 1925, page 2 col. 1&2.
Mrs. Ariail was found lying in front of a dressing table in her room at the Hyatt Avenue residence, a gunshot wound in her right temple, and powder burns about the wound to indicate that the pistol had been fired at close range, according to J. B. Scott, county coroner, Under the dresser there lay a pistol. Evidence from every angle pointed clearly to death by her own hand, Mr. Scott said, but a final decision was not made, pending the arrival of Professor Ariail, who was at Chapel Hill, N.
C., at the time, and who did not arrive until late last night.
Mrs. Ariail had returned from taking her children to school and had talked with a neighbor, W. F. Cleveland, before going in the house. Not long afterwards there came a shot, and a servant in the house called in Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, who found Mrs. Ariail.
The news of Mrs. Ariail's death cast a gloom over Columbia College and the surrounding community where she was held in high esteem as she took an active part in affairs of the community.
Mrs. Ariail is survived by her husband, and three children, Cecilia age Fourteen, James Milton Jr., nine, and Muldrow Green six.
Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Green, prominent Bishopville citizen. She was graduated from the College for Women in Columbia. In 1909 she married Mr. Ariail, who was then superintendent of the city schools of Lancaster. Her only brother, Muldrow Green, a prominent Columbia Citizen, died during the influenza in 1918.
Mrs. Ariail was a member of the Wofford Methodist Church, of which Professor Ariail's father, the Rev. J. W. Ariail, was pastor. She was a personal worker, however, in the College Place Methodist Church. Mrs. Ariail was a member of Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters, a member of the College Place Methodist Church Missionary Society, and devoted much time to charitable work, being interested especially min the Children's Clinic. She was a kind and thoughtful neighbor, a devoted wife, and unselfish mother. Her home was well known for the hospitality shown.
Mrs. Ariail had been ill since last August, but lately seemed to have in better spirits although still weak from her illness. Professor Ariail has been doing work at the University of North Carolina towards a Ph,D., and was expected today by Mrs. Ariail for the easter Holidays.
Her closest relative, Thomas Muldrow, H. G. Muldrow, Mrs. Henry Muldrow, and Mrs. O. W. Williamson, all of Bishopville, arrived yesterday.
All classes at Columbia College will be suspended today, a recital that was to have been given tonight will be postponed, as is the case with a dinner that was to have been given tomorrow night.
Funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday, April 10, 1925, page 2 col. 1&2.
Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail, wife of Prof. J. M. Ariail, head of the English Department of Columbia College, was found dead at her residence in College Place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a gunshot wound, apparently self-inflicted. Despondency over her recent illness is thought by friends to have been the cause leading to the cause.
Mrs. Ariail was found lying in front of a dressing table in her room at the Hyatt Avenue residence, a gunshot wound in her right temple, and powder burns about the wound to indicate that the pistol had been fired at close range, according to J. B. Scott, county coroner, Under the dresser there lay a pistol. Evidence from every angle pointed clearly to death by her own hand, Mr. Scott said, but a final decision was not made, pending the arrival of Professor Ariail, who was at Chapel Hill, N.
C., at the time, and who did not arrive until late last night.
Mrs. Ariail had returned from taking her children to school and had talked with a neighbor, W. F. Cleveland, before going in the house. Not long afterwards there came a shot, and a servant in the house called in Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, who found Mrs. Ariail.
The news of Mrs. Ariail's death cast a gloom over Columbia College and the surrounding community where she was held in high esteem as she took an active part in affairs of the community.
Mrs. Ariail is survived by her husband, and three children, Cecilia age Fourteen, James Milton Jr., nine, and Muldrow Green six.
Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Green, prominent Bishopville citizen. She was graduated from the College for Women in Columbia. In 1909 she married Mr. Ariail, who was then superintendent of the city schools of Lancaster. Her only brother, Muldrow Green, a prominent Columbia Citizen, died during the influenza in 1918.
Mrs. Ariail was a member of the Wofford Methodist Church, of which Professor Ariail's father, the Rev. J. W. Ariail, was pastor. She was a personal worker, however, in the College Place Methodist Church. Mrs. Ariail was a member of Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters, a member of the College Place Methodist Church Missionary Society, and devoted much time to charitable work, being interested especially min the Children's Clinic. She was a kind and thoughtful neighbor, a devoted wife, and unselfish mother. Her home was well known for the hospitality shown.
Mrs. Ariail had been ill since last August, but lately seemed to have in better spirits although still weak from her illness. Professor Ariail has been doing work at the University of North Carolina towards a Ph,D., and was expected today by Mrs. Ariail for the easter Holidays.
Her closest relative, Thomas Muldrow, H. G. Muldrow, Mrs. Henry Muldrow, and Mrs. O. W. Williamson, all of Bishopville, arrived yesterday.
All classes at Columbia College will be suspended today, a recital that was to have been given tonight will be postponed, as is the case with a dinner that was to have been given tomorrow night.
Funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday, April 10, 1925, page 2 col. 1&2.
Mrs. Ariail was found lying in front of a dressing table in her room at the Hyatt Avenue residence, a gunshot wound in her right temple, and powder burns about the wound to indicate that the pistol had been fired at close range, according to J. B. Scott, county coroner, Under the dresser there lay a pistol. Evidence from every angle pointed clearly to death by her own hand, Mr. Scott said, but a final decision was not made, pending the arrival of Professor Ariail, who was at Chapel Hill, N.
C., at the time, and who did not arrive until late last night.
Mrs. Ariail had returned from taking her children to school and had talked with a neighbor, W. F. Cleveland, before going in the house. Not long afterwards there came a shot, and a servant in the house called in Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, who found Mrs. Ariail.
The news of Mrs. Ariail's death cast a gloom over Columbia College and the surrounding community where she was held in high esteem as she took an active part in affairs of the community.
Mrs. Ariail is survived by her husband, and three children, Cecilia age Fourteen, James Milton Jr., nine, and Muldrow Green six.
Mrs. Vertie Green Ariail was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Green, prominent Bishopville citizen. She was graduated from the College for Women in Columbia. In 1909 she married Mr. Ariail, who was then superintendent of the city schools of Lancaster. Her only brother, Muldrow Green, a prominent Columbia Citizen, died during the influenza in 1918.
Mrs. Ariail was a member of the Wofford Methodist Church, of which Professor Ariail's father, the Rev. J. W. Ariail, was pastor. She was a personal worker, however, in the College Place Methodist Church. Mrs. Ariail was a member of Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters, a member of the College Place Methodist Church Missionary Society, and devoted much time to charitable work, being interested especially min the Children's Clinic. She was a kind and thoughtful neighbor, a devoted wife, and unselfish mother. Her home was well known for the hospitality shown.
Mrs. Ariail had been ill since last August, but lately seemed to have in better spirits although still weak from her illness. Professor Ariail has been doing work at the University of North Carolina towards a Ph,D., and was expected today by Mrs. Ariail for the easter Holidays.
Her closest relative, Thomas Muldrow, H. G. Muldrow, Mrs. Henry Muldrow, and Mrs. O. W. Williamson, all of Bishopville, arrived yesterday.
All classes at Columbia College will be suspended today, a recital that was to have been given tonight will be postponed, as is the case with a dinner that was to have been given tomorrow night.
Funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday, April 10, 1925, page 2 col. 1&2.
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