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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
Theories About Water SnppIy.

Now that the council has resumed
the discussion of water.works, the
question OF the source of water for the
town is again up and half dozen
theories have been advanced.
There is bed of gravel and sand
between the town and the river and
through this sand flows water enough
to supply many wells. Some think
this water kcomes from the river;
others that 1t comes down from Deer
Creek and is held into channel by
rock lodges along the sides. The
water 10 of an excellent quality and if
q sufficient flow can be found would
be very desirable.
Another theory, tho former having
been rejected becauee there Is not
enough water, 10 that west of the
river the same conditions prevail.
The river lies north from the dam
and then makes wide bend to the
west and then to the north. Many
believe that "Jones Lake" and the
stretch OF low country which starts
at this bend and rejoins the river
several miles below, mark an old
river channel and that q strong flow
OF water can be found here, coming
from the river above.
A third plan is to construct large
we'll near the river and pump water
through Q long sand filter. This will
probably be resorted to II the other
trials fail.
Capt. Waite In his experiments
examined two wells this side the
river One, forty feet fIom the bank
he found rose and fell with the rising
and falling of the river, while the
other, fifteen feet from the bank,
showed no connection with the river
1t is believed that most of the river
bank is made impervious to the water
by the action OF the mud smeared on
the bed of the river.
An attempt will be first made tC
get supply from one large well or q
series of connected small wells, the
quality being assured in this case and
the quantity being the unsettled
| nOint
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
Ladies' Rest Room,

Some time ago the REGISTER called
attention to the good example set by
the city of Burlington in providing
room where farmers wives and other
ladies visiting the town on business
could go to "tidy up bit" after their
ride through the wind, or to eat their
lunch or to rest and wait while their
husbands were getting through with
their business, and suggested that
lola follow might do well to follow the
example. The approach of summer is
reminder that the suggestion be
again renewed. Why could not some
of the women of lola take upon them
eelves the task of finding and main
tanning such room? The expense
would be slight and the merchants
would be glad to pay it. And the
benefits would repay the investment
thousand fold.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
How a Genus made $4,000.

"The f. =. Dean & Co. swindle was
the means of one brilliant genius, not
at all connected with the firm, max
ing several thousand dollars In an
original way" remarked broker to
a New York newspaper man. "After
the Dean failure, and when the news
papers we've full of the story, this
genius to whom | refer inserted an
advertisement in the newspapers re-
questiDg all persons who had lost
money through e. s. Dean IL Co. to
send their addresses to the adver-
tiser, care of such. aud-such post-of1ice
box. This card was signed Lawyer
1.-The result of this was that he re-
celved a cart load, more or less, of ad-
dresses. OF these he had list made
and had it printed. Then, with his
original advertisement and the re-
eponses as vouchers, he went to Wall
street and sold his list, They were
new names and evidently represented
people of speculative turn of mind,
and the able advertiser had no trouble
to dispose of them. know one firm
who paid him $1,000 for the list. From
another he got $500, from another $500,
and so on. Having struck good
thing in New York, he took his list
on the road, as the show people cay,
going with it to Philadelphia. Boston,
Chicago and other cities. should
say that $4,000 would he about the
right estimate to put on the winnings
from this little flash of intellect"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
The Register Free.

DO you know some of your neigh
bors who want the REGISTER but do
not subscribe for it because they think
the price is too high ?
If so, tell them have made srrage-
ments whereby anyone who lives
close enough to lola to do his trading
here, or any part Of it, can get this
paper ABSOLUTELY FREE.
And he can get it free, not for a
month, or three months, but for a
year, and from one years end to an
other.
BY the same arrangement any old
subscriber who wishes to renew can
get his paper FREE.
And any old subscriber who is in
arrears can pay that arrearage with
out cost to himself of single cent.
Do you wonder how this can be
done
Come to the REGISTER Office the
next time you are in lola and.find out.
And tell your neighbor to come.
This is neither Fraud nor Fake, but
FACT. Come and see.
CHAs. +. SCOTT.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
Spreads Like Wildlire.

When things are 1.-the best" they
become "the beet selling" A brahsm
Hare, leading druggist, of Belleville
o., writes: "Ele ctric Bitters are the
best selling bitters 1 have handled in
20 years. You know why? Most
diseases begin in disorders of stomach
liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and
nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the
stomach, regulates liver, kidneys and
bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens
the nerves, hence cures multitudes OF
maladies. 1t builds up the entire
system. Puts new lite and vigOr into
any weak, sickly. rundown man or
woman. Price so cents. Sold by
Evans Bros, Druggist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20

History furnishes records of the
working of the copper mines of Sinai
from about 5000 b. c. TO 1900 b. c.
These possessions brought on several
bloody wars. The scepter of Pepi II.
of the sixth dynasty is preserved in
the British museum, The entrance,
the ruins of the furnace, the crucibles,
the huts of the miners and some frag-
ments of tools still exist. In the debris
have been found remains of furnaces
and crucibles, Stag and cinders.-N, Y,
Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20

Authorities differ as to the rate OF
growth of the human hair, and it is
said to be very dissimilar in different
individuals. The most usually 90
cepted calculation gives eh inches per
annum. A mans hair, allowed to grow
to its extreme length, rarely exceeds
12 inches or IA inches, while that of
woman will grow in rare instances
to 10 inches or rs inches, though the
average does not exceed 25 inches to
30 inches.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
The Rer6rmer ana the smoker.

a soiled but impulsive refoGmer once
bore down upon Il hardened smoker.
"You are the slave Of tobacco" he said,
with more sternness than originality.
"Quite So" said the smoker, with com
mendable patience; lin the same way
food and soap and" Nothing of the
kind" interrupted the reformer, with
a wave of his dingy hand. you have
no right TO say that" "All right"
said the smoker, succumbing to that
tired feeling. 81 take back what !
said about the soap.'-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
HOW OLD AM I.

think when tiny things go by
How old am II
Five times the hedges in the lane
Have walked and gone to sleep again,
And this, think, must make 1t plain
How old am II
When love Is strong and hope is high
How old am II
I am a man to do and dare,
A man to strike and 10 forbear,
Seeing one loved face everywhere).
How old am ~
Yet, as the stealthy seasons fly
How young am ~
The mountain STOPPING to the sea,
Whose somber shades envelop me
Look backward on Eternity
How young am !!
Men call me old. and | comply,
Yes old am !:
And yet how young when every sense
Yields to its first experience,
Waiting In faith and confidence
a by ana byl
Alice Chandler, In Pah Mall Magazine
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you. II you
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands OF suffers have proved their
matchless merit for Sick and Nervous
Headaches. They make pure blood
and build up your health. Only %
cents, Money back if not curad. Sold
by Evans Bros. Druggist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20
A Horrible Outbreak.

"Of large sores on my little
daughters head developed into case
of scald head" writes G. ID. Isbill, OF
MorgantOn, Tenn, but BuckleA's
Arnica Salve completely cured her.
It's guaranteed cure for Eczema,
letter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Sores
Ulcers and Piles. Only 25o at Evans
Bros.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
WEST END.
Happenings and Incidents Of "eeh
About the City.

HHu ~ ~
About the City.
Cadet Houston, from Galveston, Texas,
who has been visiting Judge klugh, is now In
Kansas City attending the Natlonai Demo-
cratic Convention.
The Normal Institute closed at the Graded
School on Saturday. Good work was done
by the faithful teachers.
Company has proved success. All should
give Mr. Hamm hearty support.
The three days OF Carnival are 70 be red let.
ter days In the history Of AbbeVille.
Cheap Ice and the hot weather is a very hap
p Misses Mamie and Sadie Lee, with their
visitors, attended German that was given
at Elherton, Ca. on Thursday last.
Mr.. Thomas Speer, OF Monterey. was In the
city last week.
at his home on Friday last; this ended USE
Mr.. WIN T. Giles. formerly OF Abbeville,
now OF Birmingham, Alabama, is In the city,
visiting his friends and kinsmen.
Mrs "; D. Wilkerson is visiting IN Char'
The Juvenile Base Ball Clubs OF Abbeville
and Due West. played ball on the Due West
diamond last Friday. Score, Due West l2
Mr.. Wil A. Giles. Of G,anitesville; s: e:
be with his friends a few days.
Rev. Mr.. Burgess. OF Ninety SIX, passeo
Bethiah, where he breaches every second ana
fourth Sunday.
Mrs. McD. Cater is visiting friends and rela-
tives at Monterey this week.
DR., J. Lowrie Wilson left yesterday f0r
Chester, where he will spend the week. He
will return on Saturday.
Mr.. John f. Livingston, who has been sick
at his home just out the city, Ia improving.
Mrs. Eliza Mabry's friends Will be glad 70
know that she has recovered from her recent
Engineer Nell, who was Injured in the
| ssmash up" at Eberton, is improving.
Mrs. L. T. Miller will In few days foI
Williamson.
The three games OF ball played between
Union and Abbeville on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday OF last week, ended In two
defeats for Abbeville.
Miss Leona Blake has returned TO Green
wood, after visit to her brother, Tres. ). H.
Blake.
The latest report from China is that all the
Southern Missionaries are safe at Shanghai
Miss Rosa Calhoun, Of Clemson College, is
visiting her kinslok in the city.
The nation had warm birthday. The
merchants celebrated 1t by closing their
stores. The thermometer stood at ninety.
seven.
Grace of Charleston, and Harris OF Column
bia won the two West Point Appointments
It is little singular that the Capital and Chief
City should furnish the boys 10 fill them both
Miss Gertrude Moore entertained her
friends last evening at her home on WardlaW
Street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
'orto Rico and is expected in Due West IN

Porto Rico and is expected In Due "es' III d
few days. x,ao, al
home from their bridal trip Monday nignt.
Information was received here last week
ten Thousand dollars to Foreign Missions, ten
thousand tho dollars 10 the Theological Semi, a.,
nary. three thousand dollars 10 9 DoInestic 81,
Missions, ten thousand dollars TO Erskine SoI' Si
lege girls educational fund, two Thousand aol-
lars and his house and lot 10 the associale
Reformed Church at Chester, ana nNe nun
dred dollars TO the American Bible society.
-ateed nam from Mr. James Bell few days
ago that weighed thirty seven pounds. VINO
can beat IT? ..s
Everybody in Due West expects to attend
the Carnival at Abbeville on the IL, IL, and IL,
July. Some anxiety ia felt as to where per.
sons may hitch their horses If everybody IN
the county should 60 to AboeVlile on the
same day. NJ
Miss Lou Brownlee is visiting her son, Mr..
S. d. Brownlee, at Anderson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
BOARD DIRECTORS.

u.
p. b. Callison and Joseph Lake, Ieldell
Township.
P. b. CallIson. ]. Add. Calhoun and Joseph
Lake, kirkseys Township.
j. Add. Calhoun, Joseph Lake and X. w.
Townsend, Fellowship Township.
J. Add. Calhoun, Joseph Lake and K. w.
Townsend, Brooks Township.
j. W. Lyon und A. X. Watson. Indian Hill
Township.
Abbeyille, y. G., Jan. II, 1900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11

Estate Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.

& COURT OF, COMMON PLEAS.
Alvan Etheredge, Plaintiff, against r. G.
Thomson, ]. NJ. Thomson. ]. g. Smith, g.
w. West, A. 7. EdmoDdson and R,,
9 Thomson in their own right and as Trus'
81 lee OF P. X. Thomson, deceased, and hif
sss heirs, II any, whose names and residence
SS<S are unknown, Defendants.
tsSfCopy Summons for Relief Complaint
Served.)
TD the above named Defendants:
~ on AND EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY
summoned and required to answer the COM
plant in this action. of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve copy o.
your answer to the said complaint on the SUB
scribers at. their Office at Edgefeid Cour'
House, South Carolina, within twenty days
AFTER the service hereof, exclusive OF the day
OF such service; and II you fail to answer the
complaint within the time Aforesaid, tht
plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
~. .s.Es. Tompkins & Wells. d
- Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Dated May 23d. 1900. atAbbevills, 8. G. -,
To the Defendants above named:
You will please take notice that the com
plaint In the above entitled action, together
with the summons OF which above Is
copy. was filed In the office Of the Clerk
the Court OF Common Pleas for AbbeVlllt
County. at Abbeville Court House, on the 2Stt
day Of May, 1900.
Tompkins Wells,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
May 80 1NO.Htf
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ANOTHER DUE WEST LETTER
or Later Date and/of First Best In
tefest.

OF Later Date and/Of k1rst best 1n-
tefest.
/Due West. July 10, 1900.
Miss Ella Les %m spend part Of her vaca:
tion with Rev. and Mrs. w: o: Cochran , al
DR.. W. L. Pressly. DR.: F. Y. Pressly, Prof: r.
l.. Grier, Rev. c. E. Todd, Prof. j. L. Pressly
and Mr.. Samuel Pressly, went hshing on
time, but discovered that 1t was not good
MIR Mr.. R. ". Haddon, Mr.. ]. L. Haddon, and
Mrs. T. L. Haddon spent fourth Of July win
MIR. Haselden OF Williamsburg County. was
In Due West last week selling fruit trees for
the Cokesbury Nursery.
Samuel G. Johnston VINO Was stuoenI IN
Erskine College last session, III now al west
Mr.. Samuel J. Todd has gone to Paint Lick,
KY, 10 visit Mrs. l.. l. Echols and other
Mr.. B. F. Mauldin. Cashier of the Bank Of
Anderson, is expected in Due West tonight
Monday and will talk to the people with re-
ference TO the organization Of bank at this
Mrs. Lois Pressly and Mrs. P. L: Grier, went
to Swapping Shoals, Ga, last Thursday to
visit the family of Rev. J. E. Martini They
will return home this week.
John T. Young. Mr.. j. Nj. NIckels and MISS
Viola Poore, have gone to Charleston 10 81,
tend the meeting OF the National EducatlonaI
ABSOCl6GlOn. MISS Luld oIOSn ob0 AhiDo A~SS,s-
Brock have also gone with a party Of teach
ers from Anderson. -..-
Miss Lizzie Harper. Miss Gussie Harper.
| Miss Sudie Harper and Miss Ella Harper, OF
the Thornwell Orphanage, are spending
months vacation with their mother.
DR.. w. L. Pressy, Mr.. y. 5: Kennedy ana
Mrs. X. P. Kennedy, attended the funeTal
services Of Or. Joseph l.. Pressiy at Ced'r
Springs last Friday.
The patrons of the Due West public school
will have meeting Saturday afternoon, July
IA, at 4 o'clock TO consider matters OF I'm.
| portance in regard to the school. The iadles
| Of the town and community are cordially In.
vited to attend the meeting.
The ladies of the Associate Reformed
Church gave an entertainment in the Female
College Chapel last Friday night. The pro,
gram was made up OF vocal and Instrumental
music, recitations and Ice cream. Ten Genus
paid at the door entitled a person to music,
recltations and the Ice cream as well. Inc
proceeds go to the church Improvement iuhd.
Miss Lillian McDaVid has returned from
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
WOOD WORK !
CABINET WORK !
New Shop New Material-faith'
full and Efficient Service.

MIR. JAMES TAGGART having finished
Itl his new shop, which Is located on his
home lot, Main Street, is now lat home" to
all callers who may need wood work on their
vehicles. He has had long experience. and
everybody admits his skill in workmanship.
and his fidelity In the performance OF his
contracts.
He is fine worker in wood, and can do all
sorts of cabinet work. He Is anxious to do
any work in his line, and he will be glad to
see you, and talk to you about whatever may
be needed. u.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
" ID, Bark sdale Locals.

The finest flour. Try "Grandeur.''
Good stock OF stoves all sizes. Come and
see them.
Fruit lars all sizes. Extra rubbers.
A splendid lot of siopee orockery.
Canned goods OF all kinds.
Hams. breaks bacon.
New white cottolene, very fine.
Nice french candy In bulk.
pure muscovada molases the finest we can
get. .,
Come In,
June S. 1900. W. ID. barRsuale'
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1SOl--19OO.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
COLUMBIA. S. c..

COLUMBIA, S. c.
A. B., B. g., A. NJ. LIB, l.. l. Courses
Spring Courses free for Teachers. Fourteen
Professors; So OOG volumes In library; excel.
lent laboratories, class.rooms, gy 10 nasium, IN.
Urinary, athletic grounds. Tuition $40, other
fees Sl8, q session tuition remitted TO needy
students. Expenses sl35 TO $l75 session.
Certified Pupils from forty.tive Accredited
Schools enter Its Freshman Glass without ex.
animation.
Entrance and Normal Scholarship Exami-
nation held at every county.seat, Friday,
July 20, 1900, by County Superintendents.
Next sessions opens Sept. 26, 1900. For cata.
logue, address
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11

We invite your attention TO our line OF
soap. lMilforo's Drug STORE. fnone lo'.
We guarantee Milford's Liver medicine TO
give satisfaction or money refunded. MIL.
ford's Drug Store. Phone lo''
For strictly high grade shoe, one that viii
always look nice and hold It's shape. Buy
lanes A. Banisler's shoe from
Cobb & McDavid.
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j. C. Summey,
Blacksmith

OFFER HIS SERVICES to alt who may
~ desire any kind OF good work ip iron.
| Shoes furnished for horses shod all round
| for 65 cents. When the shoes are furnished
| his charges is 40 cents.
| Shops across the street, in front OF Wallin g..
| ford s. Russel's Livery Stables.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11

We are often asked why 1t Is our drinks al
the soda fountain are better than they gel
elsewhere. Our answer Is, we use the finest
crushed fruits and juices that money can buy
and We know our business.
Yours to please,
MIlford's Drug Store. Phone w.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-11
SALE OF
CITY BONDS.

DIX THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS
of the City OF Abbeville, 8. c., of one hundred
dollars each, interest at rate Of per cent. per
annum payable July l. 1920.
Non-ta1able for county and municipal pur-
poses. Bids received until August l, lsoo.
Right reserved to reject all bids.
JAMES CHALMERS,
June l8, 1900. City CLERK.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
NEW-YORK CITY.

reception will be given at Christ's Mission, No
142 West Twenty -frst-st, tomorrow evening by
the Rev. James A. O'Connor for the Rev. Fran
Negroni. the Manese orator and reformer.
who has lately arrived in this city to meet the
italian Protestant missionaries and the American
friends of the cause of Italian evangelization.
Walter l.. Rosenberg, the young Philadelphia
musician, will sail for Europe the Saale on
Tuesday complete some musical enterprises in
Leipsic. He will also establish the Leipsc head
quarters of The Concert Goer."
William A. burlington will deliver address on
"Sophistries and Dangers of Christian Science at
the Broadway Tabernacle. Broadway and Thirty
fourth-st.. to-day at p. The public is cord
tally invited.
Professor ]. r. S. Sterrett. of Amherst College.
will deliver lecture The Troglodyte Dwellings
in Cappadoca'' at $50 o'clock Friday night be-
fore the New-York Society of the Archaeological
Institute Of America rin the hall of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, No. IL West Thr-
ty-frst-st. The lecture will be illustrated.
The Hamburg-Ame Line steamer Phonicia
arrived yesterday morning from Hamburg and
Bouogne, and brought 2,0SS steerage passengers,
the largest number of immigrants arriving by any
steamer in many years. nine-months-old
child died from pneumonia on the voyage.
The Commercial Cable Companys Office at No 20
Spruce-st, will be moved tomorrow to larger
quarters at No 1S2 Willam-st.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

THE 23D REGIMENT PRESENTS GOLD
MATCH SAFE TO THE COMMANDING
oFFICER OF THE ARMY.

Major-General Nelson A. Miles reviewed the 2ad
Regiment IN Brooklyn last night at its armory. at
Bedford and Atlantic aves. The armory was
crowded, and number of prominent guests were
present Previous the review a dinner was
given for General Miles by the officers of the regi-
ment IN the Union League Club.
Major David K. Case who is the ranking officer
of the regiment, escorted General Miles from Man
haitian. The General accompanied by Captain
Bailey, of the 5th Infantry and Lieutenant Whit
rley members Of his staff The party was escorted
from the Brooklyn end Of the Bridge to the Union
League Club by a squad of mounted police At the
close Of the dinner at the club the Rev. DR.. Lind
say Parker, pastor of St. Peters Episcopal Church
and chaplain Of the regiment, presented gold
match safe suitably inscribed TO General Miles on
behalf OF the regiment.
At 9 o'clock the party went to the armory, and
the drill was soon under way. The guests were
General James McLeer, commander of the Second
Brigade N G.. n. Y; Superintendent of Public
Works Partridge, General Horatio c. King, Cen
eral Isaac s Catlin, General George w Wingate,
Justice Dickey. Colonel Edward F. Britton, Cen
The regiment presented ten companies of twenty
files front, under the command of Major Case. and
made an excellent impression. At the end Of the
drill Colonel Edward F. Britton called to the
floor. and received a medal from General Niles.
The medal was the one awarded TO Colonel Britton
best essay on military affairs The subject Of Colo
mel Britton's essay How to Create a National
Guard That Shall Prove Valuable Auxiliary TO
the Regular Army in Times Of Necessity"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
NEW-ROCHELLE.

Iieutenant-Colonel ". H. H. Benyaurd, OF the
United States Engineering Corps, who was recently
directed TO investigate the Of removing Sleeps
head Reef and other dangerous ledges of rocks In
Echo Bay complained of 10y yachtsmen and by the
local transportation companies has made his report.
The original estimate of the cost OF Improvement
was 1885 IS. The amount expended in 1878 and
1888 was s22 600 leaving $l6955 3s which he thinks
IS a sum sufficient to do the work The number OF
vessels which arrive ard depart each year exceeds
one thousand. and the annual amount Of freight
shipped and received exceeds in value $4,000, in
view of which the engineer says that II is his opn-
ion that Echo Bay is WORTHY Of Improvement h.
the United States Government. 1t is understood
that Congressman Underhill, who lives here and
a member of several Of the yacht clubs. will en-
deavor appropriation at this session OF
Congress TO complete the Improvement.