The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-06-27


! the town, we on that day organized
this society under the name of the
W0man's Home and Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society Of Maryville. 1t
was at first q union organization
composed of ladies from the several
churches of the town. Miss Jennie
NJ Badgley of Macedon, N. Y
who was at that time teacher in
Maryville College-was elected, the
first Pres. Of the Society. She was
member of the Methodist church.
But after few years Of harmo.
NOUS work as IA Union Society, it
was thought best by all that the la
dies separate and form Missionary
Societies in their respective church
es. This Soc. So far as we know,
was the first Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society ever
organized in Maryville. We find
in some old records of 1927 1920 an
account of Soc. for home mission
work here in Maryville, called the
Female Benevolent Society, and
these good Decreases met together,
and made coats and garments for
the poor and needy, and we find
that the students who ere at that
time attending Maryville College,
were mainly the recipients of the
benevolence of these good women,
and we may say here that the stu
dents of the College at the present
time may count themselves as sit
ting in the lap of luxury and faring
sumptuously every day, as COM
pared with SOME of the students of
the early history of the college,
Some of them were very poor and
they had, that tn, y could call their
own was Il very vigorous appetite,
with nothing to satisfy it, only as it
was given them by others, so this
female benevolent society Iavished
upon them their kindness, as the
following list Of donation will show.
The first is a donation from the
wife Of poor Presbyterian minis.
ter, Mrs. Mary Patrick, vest and
a pair .of suspenders; Mrs. Betsy
Freeman, 1 pr of socks; Mrs. Geo.
Duncan and Miss. Mary Dun IAN l
pr socks, Ga yds jeans and the
making of pair of pantalOOns,
Mrs. Mary Young vest; and from
various other good women were
given, pr pantaloons, 6 cravats,
pr mixed linsey pantaloons,
pocket handkerchief, l pr flax
HantalOons, | new marsailles vest
hats and other articles to tedious
to mention, we give this list of arti-
cles not to excite envy in any stu.
lent of the presen- time but to
show the benevolent spirit of the
women of Maryville from time i'm.
memorial. And we find that the
Directors of the college, and in view
of these and other similar dona.
tons to the students, placed upon
record the following:
"The Directors in humble re.
lance upon the prOvident care Of
the Shepherd of Isarel, and the lib
erality of the benevolent, would
dismiss their fears, take enc ourage
> ment and press onward" The In
stitutiOn doubtless fiOurished be-
yond their fondest and most arden
anticipatiOns. This present So
), ciety, whose Dist birthday we to
day celebrate, owes its origin a
, that time, largely to the indefatig
able miss. zeal of Mrs. l.. S. Bart
lett, whose husband was for 50 Ions
= a time connected with the college
She was always present at tn,
meetings, and with her earnes
: payers, and helpful suggestions in
, spired others to zeal and goOt
works. At one of our meetings
, when the needs and the utter help
lessness of woman in heather land
seemed to be burden upon he
heart, almost greater than sh
could bear, she asked "Don't yo
see our heather sisters stand a
your bedside, reckoning you, plead
, ing with you, to send them the Cos
pei? do" Later she gave dea
young daughter to go as a mission
airy to Persia, TO carry the gospel t
those benighted sisters, Tor who's
salvation she so earnestly longeC
that visions of their unutterabl
L misery came to her even in he
0 dreams, and another daughter as
: Home Missionary to Utah. Tn
y memory of Mrs. Prof. Bartlett wi
l. ever be sacred to the members c
this Soc. who were privileged to b
- co. orkers with her in the mission
n cause. The first year $l05 IS wer
raised. All except $40 was divide