The southern press., 1850-10-04
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Al ASSOCIATION.


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
GENEaAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con
tinue opeo until Friday evening. IL is therefore de-
srablc that all person- having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10Th August when Com
mitee will he there ready TO receive them
2d. The Association has an ample iuno, ana Will
in all cases become responsible for the safckeepmg
), articles which may be placed in the hands OF IFS
.fcers and committees, (thc owner taking check
for the same J until the close of The Far, which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample time 10
give them OPP. orlunty TO recover tle'r goods, ana
to prevent thereby The leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after The adjournment OF the
Association.
3D. Mark a. Cooper, Richard PEERS, David w
4 ewis WIN Ezzard and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shalt be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exbi
iion, sha have FIRST been enered'u The Secretary
book or registry--then labelled W thtbe owners
ma u,e and resideuceand price, il for sale--giying
70 the owner corresponding card-and then ciassi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as tolacilitate the ahors Of the several committees
on premium, and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary Tor
the protec, Of the grounds aud buildings, aud
such clerks as they may need IN the arrangement
and labelling of ARTICLES.
4th. There will positively be required, IN all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton---,he statement to be delivered TO The
Secretary For instance, if Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, Lime OF invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker If horticultural or Agricultural Products
node of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode ofcultIyation. an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF rasIng nc. II
Needles e-work or Painting, or any work oil Art, the
length of time bestowed on IT. or the amount %
labor; the age, if by children or very old persons
tie value uses sc. 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 viii take notice,
tlnat premium Will not be awarded to any art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
| in legble hand and in s'yie fit at once for the
| press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
| ties are requested and enioned to make out. upon
consultation, a report of the present condition oi
! Agriculture in their several counties, oi the inn
! proyemeuts in farming, illage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been OF are III progress OF x ing
&adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes of preparation. time OF planting and mod
OF cultivation The means and measures OF preser
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serverai county
societies would make up amount OF valuable
information 10 be sen, out IN The published trans
actions Of the Society. aea F
| 9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and N;HulacurersEXc 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
(f,,
a premium.
| 7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name nano
tice like this all, the various artlcesto which pre-
n,iums Will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumei ated list there would
still be many articles OF merit offered which would
not be embraced in H. and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be co istruedby
someinto an exclusion OF all 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
svcIy thing that is ingenious or useful IN business
or art All then, with whatcver they have for sale
| or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
il, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Inn
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
| in any of the departments, premium OF a cup
worth 4 10 will be given; on the second best art-
oes cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
i 2 SO on the fourth an honor And on all artl
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth So will be given; on the second
best s g SO on the third an honor; on The fourth
Cd honor. On miner and msce lianeous articles
premiums from one to three dollars-these how
ever ARE 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 parl-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
| r n
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
| in many departments 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 fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and + io'
rids. We hope they Will unite with us In making
this institution indeed ,whatitisin in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10TH The President upon a consultation with
such members a. he can call Ito his aid, shall appoint
committees aud assign to them theirrespectye de-
pdrlments, and to these committees 80 appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists OF the
articles cassed and arranged in their respective
departments In order to the perfection OF thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and etJoin
upon oil 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't
Monday morning, the committee of reception may
have their lists Of articles, aud the several com
mittees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to saes--Friday TO gen.
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con-
! tinuing the whole time.
! llth. Any alterations of or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
Oh ha do
Wednesday the day of the Anniversary meeting,
immediately 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 accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
! Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
! to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels ut those places while In
attendance upon the Fair.
/ l4th The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
I comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business of
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