The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-12-29
As TO THE NEW CENTURY

IL. Duny ana Mr.. w m. JeGrieS each
take issue with us on tho position we
took in last issue regarding the rcw
century, and while we resDect tn
opinion Of ell !hese gentlemen, we wi
hold to our position and trv and Il
sect he arguments offered as thci
arguments are about the same, Vi.
Will try aud cover all by answclin.
one to keep the ball rolling, bat ",
will be brief to avoid taking up too'
much space.
Mr.. Scaife says "the first 3G3 devs
after the birth of Christ was the first
year Of the Christian Era" This i
correct, and our argument exactly
that year one was rot year one unit.
these 800 days had elapsed then
Christ was one year old and the ticur..
was recorded, and showed that -
months Of the Christian Era had
passed, and was not yet to be mad:
the next II months comnIete1 p,o
year z and itwas so numbered. Thus.
we hold that the lapse OF time i,
corded In cardinal numbers. Their
lore his next statement, that the fir:
DAY after Christ's birth was wear ON
one day falls because. there was ,.n
year until 365 days had clapsed. IT,.
beginning must start ut The m3ri1i,. ,
separating b. G. from A. d. r.,
first month was January, A. H.. F,l.
ruary, "A. D., etc. Tho next Janua~.
was and January, or January /
meaning that the cardinal number
had heen recorded ard january I'd
Gu Ihere ls vast difference h.
tween first and l. So When % v.n,s
mad rolled around the fact was rerny,,-
ed by the dating 90 ana u mo o
months, OF course, comaletcd the i,
century and made it ce,.turv uuu,I,.r
or 100 full years of the Christian
Era and the first day after record, ..
loo was the first going 10 mike 1nl
IL months later l9l wms rn,,,f-
ell, etc. When we began us;nrlS
tAe first day Of January after 1899
mad passed, it meant that lSDO7yc,..
had elapsed and we will have been
using 1t 100 years the 31st day of lhiS
month after which time we will dr -
1t and pick up 10 which will boy.,o
De used 100 years making y century
before we can drop IL. 1t does rot
look reasonable that we should boz
row one year from 19OO's DATING 10
hnish up 1S00's work. This onur,
to show that the years were not mum
bered until they were made, neither
were the centuries, nor the u,i.c
stones, nor the hours on the facc .f
the clock. When it requires 49,.
h'ns to make u unit you cannot u;.n .
your unit until you bring your f..
tions together. AS TO the cggs ..,l,.
18th and not the 12lh begins The , ii
doz. Certainly, but you start your
egg count with whole egg, AID VII -
you have counted twelve yoa have
twelve and do not have 10 add any
particles of another egg TO compl, t.
your dozen. "Whcn a man has
reached $3.50 feet he has reached he
fist mile, but has MT begun h.
second" OF course not, bu, he h :
not made his / mile unl;l he has c v
cred that distance, but after h 3D..
reached it he does not have - -
stepping over the line to make it o e.
as soon as he does he getsin to tha :
mile territory. "Twcnty-four hears
completes the 1st day but does Tot
begin the End day" No, but it is not
one day until the 2i hours are m:ie,
then the very next minute begins the
new day, you then have 81 hour. |
minute, same as 1901 day u; he
close OF the "a hours January l-t. A
man owing 2 debts Of RIOO each does
not begin to pay his second d ut
with the last dollar which pays ;he
first, but with it he closes the first
debt and the very next cent paid can
60 to the other debt, viz: When he
hls paid 800 he calls'iJ 90 dollars a:l
not before and the addition OF 10
cents completes the 800, and IL il
not called 800 before he does.
To Mr.. 'Jeffries Yes, ccutur;
Is an intcGer "a whole nomber) ofIuU
years, but you have no right 10 iu,,4