The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-12
SOUTHERN CENTRA
kGRJCIII,TURAI ASSOCIATION.

during tie week embracing Wednesday, the ith
day Of August next, which is the dayol the filth
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 tho following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist Tho Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons hay ng articles for exhibit
,ion shall be on the ground as cary as , riday or
Saturday. the 9th aud 10Th August when Com
mitee will be there ready TO receive mem.
81. The Association has on ample fund, and will,
in all cases. become responsible for The saie-Eeeppg
). articles which may be placed in the hands of its
Ulcers and committees (ihe owner taking check
Tor The Same,) until the close of he Fair, which
will he announced beforehand in ample time to
Give them op. ortunty Ia recover uIer good, and
10 prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected after lhe adjournment OF The
Assoc iaOM.
3d. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard, and James NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty IT. shall lie to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ion, shat have first been cneredin The Secretarys
book or regislry--then labe!led III the. owners
name and reside, celnd price, iffar sae--givhg
to the owner corresponding Garland then cia,sI-
fed and arranged by departments and in such order
as TO facilitate the labors Of the several committees
Oh premlm. and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
tho protection Of the grounds aud buildings, and
such clerks as they may need IN the arrangement
aud labelling of articles.
4th. There viii positively be required, in all
eases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent tor
exhibition he statement 10 be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, if a Machine, statement
of i, powers and uses COST time OF in enton, and
f,, a. vai,i nv ia
maker If Horticultural or Agricultural Products
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting. mode ofcultivaton. IL all Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode oil rasr'g &c. Ii
Needle work or Painting, or any woik OF Art, the
| length Of time bestowed on il, or the amount of
labor; the age il by children or very old persons
it, value, uses SC. Sine this is the most reliable
! mode Of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions Of the Society,
vi.itors, patrons and members all will take notice,
| that premium i'll not be awarded TO any arti-
Gle whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in 'egbl, hand, and in syle tit at once for the
Ercs..
5ll The delegation Of tie sorvera! county S0cc-
Ties arc requested and en;oined to make out, upon
consultation, report of The present condition OF
| Agriculture in their several counties, Of The i'm
provemenls in farming, tiiiage, drsining and manu-
ring, hch have been or are in progress OF bling
adopted The leating products Of then countless
the modes Of preparation. time of planting and IN, d.
Of cultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrvcral county
societies would make up an amount OF valuable
information TO be SEN cut III the published trans
actions If the Society.
9th. II is desirable 10 make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. aud A.; MISUNDERSTANDING
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice SCI DIS, machines, stock, &c TO carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
TN. Premiums. is impossible to name in no.
tice like this ALL the various articles TO 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
premiums les, lhet etorc the announcement of pre-
nums for particular articles mig be CO. ST. ucd by
somcnto an exclusion ofall articles unannounccd,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give tie action OF
the Assoc alton the very widest scope, embracing
svcry 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 on this point perhaps
il, that, all articles Of tho highest merit In the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural lm
plcments, and valuable Improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium of a cup
worth : 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 5 will be given OH the third best
| / : so on the fourth an honor. And on all IT.
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given; on tho second
best q SO OH the third an honor OH 'hc fourth,
| ID honor. On miner and miact llancous articles
premiums from ono to three doars--thcse, how
ever are general regulations aud in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit tho c. mmlttecs Will tic
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned part
cularly to the Ladies for tier garden products,
fruits flowers paintings, need C-work, DC. They
are cordially invited to attend Their assistance
in many der artmcnts Of tho fair is absolutely Ire
ccsSary to proper management.
9th. The facilities of getting to this central
point induce ia to IN, tie, and to expect The pc
! scncc and contributions oi many oil our lcilo"
ctlZcns If Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and ID
rida. We horc they will ui'c with us in making
this institution indeed what it is in name, Southern
Central Agric uliural Association.
10 h. The President upon a consultation with
such members he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them the!r respective de-
pditmcnts, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles casscd ana arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection OF this
arrangement, the committee appointed to puollsh
these regulations, will hire repeat, and cnIoln
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received anal 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 scl eral com
mittees proceed ut once to the examination of artl-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will lie devoted to sales Friday to gen
era re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
timling the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will lie published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
| l2th. The annual Grafton will! be made on
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 aud
Georgia Railroads, to run 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 of the good Hotels at those places while III
attendance upon the Fair.
ll,h. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
and others engaged in the laborIous business of!
the tair.