Iron County Record | 1925-10-30 | Page 8 | Only One Right Way to Compute Century

Only One Right Way IVay V ay to fo Compute Century Tho The word century means menns It I Is III ii applied to years car and according accord accord- Ing to the Christian calendar each earh years jears from the birth of our Lord forms torms a century Now ask yourself how many ninny years make 5 years ears earll Of course se the answer In Is obvious loo and nd not just jUIt RS ns as cents make a n dollar lollar says lays the Springfield Republican When you rou have cents you have 1 and arid 1 I rent cent ot on nn the lI second cond dollar The first tint century closed dosed at midnight midnight mid mid- night December 31 and that t Instant instant In in- stant the Second century commenced and end so no the Twe Twentieth c century commenced commenced com com- on January 1 1001 Then Thea be be- gan gunthe the year far that with the following 09 W will make up the that will form fonn the Twentieth century It IB is absurd to claim that an e event nt that occurred say cay on on March 1 following tollo the tho birth of our Lord which Is la the starting point of our calendar did not occur In any year fea year at all Having occurred after atter that that birth It t occurred In fn the Christian era and having occurred in the following follow tollow- lug ing March Morell It occurred occulTed In th the year which consisted of the first drat 12 months following that birth That date should be written March 1 I A A. A D. D The second ond year rear began with the the following Janu Janu- ary arr