The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-12-27

III character, are associated
with New Years day.
1t was on the first duy Of January,
1913, that Juan Diaz dc Soils, the ex-
plorcr, coasting In Il sailing vessel
along the eastern shore of South
America, discovered and entered the
mouth Of Il mighty river. He called #
Oby reason Of the dute) the january
river, or Rio de J%nncirO, the name IT
bears and which is also borne by the
city at its mouth, the capital Of Brazil
at the present time.
The tragedy, in this instance, came
later. Three years afterward the
same adventurous explorer again ell
tered h river mouth. Tho natives
were suspicious OF his intentions, and
when he landed they captured and
killed him, and within sight OF his ship
roasted his body ovcr Il fire and ate
IT. Thus persisted Il man who, IN his
day, was reputed the ablcst Of living
n%avigntors.
Bartholomew Esteban Murillo, great
est of the Spanish painters, was born
on the first day Of January, 1918. For
many years his services were en-
I''S\ ~ 'iC III anu COIlNcIIS
of Seville, which were enriched by his
Incompatible masterpieces. He earned
bT his art q considerable fortune.
When at the height Of his fame he was
invited to Cadiz, and there executed
his magnificent picture of ST. Cath
crime, the mother OF Jesus. Just as
the work was on the point Of compile
ton he fell from a scaffold and was
killed.
1t seems rather odd that history
should AXE the trouble to record the
death, on January 1, 1880, of so unim-
portnnt II person as Thomas Hobson, a
carrier Of Cambridge, England. He
made q business OF hiring out horses.
Hobson was merciful to his beasts,
md enforced n rule that required for
each II of them Il certain measure of
rest. Those which had not had their
proper time Of rest he would not al
low to go out. ''This or none" he
would say, indicating the horse that
was available for hire. Whence came
the familiar term, "Hobson's choice,
this or none.'
On the first day Of January, 1776,
the town of Norfolk, Va, was burned,
not by the British. who were threaten
ing he place, but by its American in
habitants. Lord Dunmore, the royal
governor Of the colony, having abnn-
doncd the town and sought safety on
board Of n ship Gone of n number Of
vessels that were under his command
in the hnrbor), found himself in dis
tress for provisions.
The frigate Liverpool, on arriving.
threatened to turn her guns loose upon
Norfolk, because the people refused TO
furnish o supplies, but In response
thef inhabitants set fire to their houses
and even wiped out the plantations
for a long distance back from the wa
ter, In order that nothing II the way
81 subsistence might be Obtainable by
the enemy.
Exactly five years later, on Janu-
airy l, 1871, an incident very alarming
TO the cause Of the American colon
lists occurred at Morristown, N. j.. II
was nothing less thar Il revolt of
troops of the Pennsylvania line, who
mad enlisted for three years service.
The term having expired, they de-
manded their discharge. The inciplcnt
rebellion q promptly suppressed,
however.
On the first day Of January, 1901,
the Plazzi, at Palermo, dis
covered Ceres, the first OF the minor
planets, or so-called "astcroids," re-
vealcd by the telescope. 1t IS less
than 800 miles in diameter. Since
then Il great many Of these baby sis
tiers Of the earth have bccn "spottcd"
by e~ntcrprising star-gnzcrs, though
none Of them is so big as Ceres. One
OF them, Eros, is twins, two little
globes revolving about each other. Up
to date, SD Of these minor planets
have been discovered.