The Semi Weekly Leader

THE SEMI-WEEKLY LEADER, BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI

JAPANESE PUT OTHER RACES OUT OF RUNNING IN HAWAII
Japanese Show Remarkable Growth According to Federal Survey Made in Islands.

A federal survey commission, headed by Dr. Frank F. Bunker of Washington, which recently surveyed educational conditions in Hawaii, in a preliminary report declared that the "momentum" of the Japanese race in Hawaii puts all other racial groups out of the running in respect to numbers and that the momentum if continued will carry the Japanese race into an increasingly dominant numerical position, giving their Hawaiian-born progeny in 1930 about 28 per cent of the electorate of the territory.

The commissioner's report deduces from a table of births of Japanese children from 1898 to 1919 that 12,216 Hawaiian-born Japanese will have become old enough to vote by 1930: that 22,921 more will have been added to the list of eligible voters by 1940 making a total during a 22-year period of 35,137. Deducting 13 per cent to cover possible losses by removal and death, the report estimates that by 1940 there will be an aggregate of Japanese voters in the territory of 30,857, including 287 newly registered.

Pointing to the fact that Japanese children in the public schools of Hawaii in 1910 were 27.72 per cent of the total enrollment and that in 1919 this school group stood at 40.55 per cent of the whole, the report says this indicates that "the place in the electorate that the Japanese will occupy in 1930 and again in 1940 may, indeed, be underestimated."

The Japanese population of Hawaii in 1920 was 109,274 out of a total population of 255,912, an increase of about 38 per cent, according to announcement by the census bureau.

APACHE INDIAN CHIEFS PAY VISIT TO WASHINGTON

Baha, one of the chiefs of the Apache tribe of Indians, photographed on a recent visit to Washington with other members of the tribe. The Apaches live on the Indian reservation in Arizona. Baha bought $25,000 worth of Liberty bonds during the war.

UNCLE SAM PLAYS NURSE

Government Has Handled 200,000 Cases During Past Year.

More than 200,000 cases of temporary illness have been handled by physicians and nurses in charge of relief and hospital rooms in government buildings in Washington in one year.

An estimate declares that considerably more than $1,000,000 has been saved by the government by giving first aid to employees and thereby conserving much time that might have been lost through illness.

One interesting feature of the medical and nursing service thus supplied is that thousands of clerks, who used to stay at home because of slight indispositions, now go to work. They know that if they are taken ill at the office they will be given prompt care.

In the Treasury department the relief service was established two years ago, and it has handled more than 80,000 cases during that period.

ATE SIX DOZEN OYSTERS
Topped It Off With Two Mince Pies and Quart of Ice Cream.

Peter McGirvey of Sharpsburg, Pa., boasts little of his appetite, but his reputation as the chief oyster gormandizer of his county was upheld when he devoured six dozen oysters, two mince pies and a quart of ice cream at one sitting. When he completed his big dinner he admitted that he could enjoy some beer to "round out his meal."

McGirvey is a small man, weighing less than 150 pounds. His appetite, however, is famous in Sharpsburg, and he has been known to eat half a dozen man-sized meals in a day and then declare he was hungry. His recent feat was the result of an argument in a barber shop. The barber contended that McGirvey could not eat five dozen prime raw oysters. McGirvey merely smiled and said:

"Pay for them and we'll see."

State Board of Health Will Examine Medicos.

Jackson, Miss., May 7.-The state board of health will meet here on June 20, 21, 22, and 23, as announced this morning by Dr. W. S. Leathers, the executive head of the work.

The first day will be a business session, and examinations for license to practice medicine in Mississippi will be held on June 21 and 22. Students who have completed two of the four years' course required are permitted by law to take examinations in six of the 12 branches required for the license, the remaining six examinations being taken at the end of the four years after graduation.

Lost Ad.

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