The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10

day OF August next, which IA the day oil the nun
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with The duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
iinue open until Friday evenings II IS therefore ds
srable that all persons hav ne artcies 10. cxhoi-
ton. shall be on The ground as early as Friday or
Saturday the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
%. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in cases become responsible for the saie-keeping
,. articles which may be placed In the hands Of IFS
4. Ulcers and committees, (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close oil Inc FAR, when
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them Oh, ortunty to recover their goods, and
10 prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM EZzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the far grounds Tor exh
iton sha have first been enicredn the Secretarys
book or registry--then Labelled W IN the owners
name and residence-and price, iff5r sale--gving
to the owner a corresponding card-and then classl-
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such order
as to facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums aud also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need III the arrangement
and labelling OF articles.
4th There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibtion---ihe statement to he delivered To the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, tine OF invention ana
10, hut boi rxor
maker re Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultyaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age mode oil raising, NC II
Needle work or Painting, or any work oil Art, the
length of time bestowed on it., or the amount OF
labor the age, if by children or very old persons
Il value uses &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode OF collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors patrons and members all will take notice,
that premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made Out
in egible hand, aid in style tit at once for the
press.
51h The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
lies arc requested and enjoined to make out upon
consultation, report Of The present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
provements in farming, tlage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress OF bsinB
adopted The leading products of then countless
the modes OF preparations. time OF planting aud MD
Of cultivation. The means and measures Of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands Actur
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable TO make the Fair Central
Southern Agricultural and .LufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for SALE and not alone for exhibition for
a premium. , 81
7th. Premiums. Sit is impossible to name in mo-
tice like this all the various articles 10 which pre-
miums will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced in II, and yet richly deserving
lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be consruedb by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action Of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or useful in business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
H. that, on all articles of the highest merit In the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium of cup
worth = 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth will be given, on the third best
So so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
nents cup worth : 5 will be given ION the second
best So SO on the third an honor; on The fourth,
ID honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dollars--these, how
general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees Will be
permitted, indeed are requested to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parli-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needie-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many DEP artments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management.
9th. The facilities of getting 10 this central
point induce US to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions OF many OF our ieiloW
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Fl)
rida. We hope they Will unite with us IN making
his institution indeed what III in name, Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members a, he can call to his aid, shall appoint
aud assign to them their respective de-
and to these committees so appointed
he committee Of reception shall furnish lists OF the
articles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h re repeat, and eejoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and 10Th Of August, so that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mi,tees proceed at once to the examination of art
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
will be devoted to saes-Friday to gen.
era re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
1lth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18TH The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
and others engaged in the laborious BUSINESS of
the 'aIr.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish