Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-10-27
'Sllinan Stops in Salisbury.
Religious freedym is Guaranteed and
Priests may Re utn It They Star out Politics

hsIlglouS fIeeQvm Is 6uafanteed AMI
Priests may Re utn It They STAY out PoIitlc!
Johu r Silliman, a persona
friend of e h. B ,an's, Presiden,
Wilson's personal representative
in Mexico, in returning from
Washington to Mexico stopped
Overland spent Saturday here with
Mr. Bean and relatives at Thya-
tire. b ancestors being among
the early settlers Of this county
After spending pleasant day in
ths county Mr.. Slllimsn went &c
Charlotte where he spent Sunday
aud Mondays Charlotte Observer
glvss the following Interesting
story of his trip to this section:
John R. SiIiiman, personal rep
resentative of President Wilson
with General Carranza in Mexico.
had al interesting day yesterday
10 Charlotte on his way back from
Washingt,n to his difficult and
important work in Mexico. Mr.
J SIlliman was Ii ;Iassmate of Presi
dent Wilson at Plluceton. Elgh
teen years in Me sioo have whiten
Cd his hair. But even Mexico has
failed to disturb the poise and pa
thence of this man who talks
quietly in a rather low tore of
voice, and who possesses the quie,
strength, clear vision and unlim.
atsd patience of the President tc
whom he reports. Returning
II m q trip to Washington at this
time when it has been most im-
portant for the Washington au
thorities to have fully the iafor,
NATION as to conditions in Mexico
which he only could give, Mr.. Sill.
aimsn found time ON Saturday
for q stop at Salisbury and visit
TO the old yhyatira Church where
his ancestors lived and are buried.
He has in his possession tho GER
slificste of character dated, April
u, 1911, which his ancestor, John
8iuiman. brought with him from
Ireland in that year. He found
in the old Thyatira Ohurchyaid
burial ground the graves of the
aasm bsrs of his family, who were
early settlers of this part of Row.
IN County. And he fo und people
of his name and evidently of his
family who are now living in this
nelghborhood. Three or four
generations ago Mr.. Silliman' 3
ancestors moved from North Car
-oilna to S,uth Carolina and later
10 MisAissippi. During the last
year or two Mr.. Silliman has been
10 correspondence with persons in
Salisbury in regard to the early
settlements Of his family in the
Ihyatira neighborhood.
Mr. Silliman knew som 4thing
Of Charlotte, and he decided to
spend a q aist and pesoeful sabbath
here before returning to III, ssttled
and disturbed Mexico. He Wor-
shipped at the morning hour at
the First Pr shyterian Church,
and after the service said that his
ono regret was that his wife could
not have been with him. Mrs
Silliman 10 in Vera Cruz, and if
she attended church yesterday she
attended little Mexican church
in which Spanish is spoken.
Mr.. Silliman made q short ad-
dress to the Mems Bible class O:
the First Presbyterian Church
yesterday morning He exp essed
his pleasure at being able to at
send a church service in the Uni
tad States, and said be had not
been able to do this for several
years. II have lived for 18 years
IN Mexico," said Mr. Siliiman.
81 have seen something of the
business, National and religious
lite of Mexico During my life
In Mexico opportunities for SER
vice and occasions of suffering
have come to me. My experl.
sencss in Mexico have cost mt
much in my own life. and as a re-
salt of my experience have come
TO take a different view of life
While 1 have necsssarl!y teel
lack and forth good deal, [ hav'
lived at Saltillo, in the provinc'
OF Ooahuila-Ooahuila mean
eagle and the eagle ls the Nation
IA emblem in Mexico as in tn
TUnited Stases. The Mexican