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Show RAILROAD DAY 1 AT SMITHFIELD B Music, Song, Oratory, Dancing H And Great Big Time Marks 9 Advent of Inter-Urban !H To SmithHcId jH Thore was great doings nt Smith- fl Held on Thursday evening, tho occa- slou being tho celobrntlon ot tho eh- fl franco ot tho Interurban Railroad to 1 Smlthfleld. Cars wero run from Lo- ilaB gnu at regular intervals throughout iH tho afternoon, carrying many passen- tl gers, and a great many camo from H settlements from tho north. Smith- ''iH Held did herself proud In tho matter 'iH ot ontertalnment, providing plcturo jB shows, banquet, music and dancing, iiH to tho satisfaction of all. A moot- 'B Ins was held during which mauy tlno ijB addresses wero made, and throughout IH tho entire program "On to Itlchmond" j'H seemed to bo on overy Up. 'B Dr. Itnlph T. Merrll, mayor of H Smlthfleld presided and mado It fB known nt tho outset that Smlthfleld jH tendered tho Invitation Just to enter- JB tain her country cousins In tho big city iB of Smlthflold. Tho crowd acceptod IB tho verdict and for tho ovonlng at iB least was willing to turn everything; H over to the "Illg City" oven tho coun- 'B ty scat. Tho mayor made a numbor jB of catchy speeches and during the B evening Introduced Congressman B Howell, Senntor J. W. Funk, Com- B mlssloncrs James J. Melkle, Olof 'B Cronqulst, and Heber Parker, and 'B Messrs Herschol Bullen, Robert An- derson and David Eccles,.all of whom ' made addresses. ' iH A number ot musical numbers wre H rendered and an evening of pleisuro , lB nnd enjoyment was Indulged In H |