The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-12

tinue open until Friday evening II y therefore de'
sirable that all persons having articles for exhb-
ton, shall DO on the ground early ~ 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 an CASES. become responsible for the bookkeeping
j, articles which may Be placed in the hands Of iis
sihcers and committees, (the owner taking . check
for the same,) until the close OF tho Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them op. ortunty 10 recover their goods, and
70 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 NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to sec
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhi-
iton, sha have first been eneredn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled " IN the owners
name and resideDce-and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding card-and then classl-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the abors Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protec ton Of the grounds and buildings, and
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
exhibition--he statement to be delivered 10 the
Secretary For instance, II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time Of inyention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. IL horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultvaton. II an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, &c. If
Needle Work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length Of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; The age il by children or very old persons
tie 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 no'ice,
that a premium " i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, mnde out
in Iegible hand, aud in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, a report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
proyemens in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring which have been or are in progress of being
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 seryeral county
societies would make up an amount OF valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. II is desirable TO make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura anih rufacturersE 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
premium.
7th. Premiums.--It is impossible to name in no.
ce 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 IL, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore tho announcement OF pre-
mums for particular articles might be Construed by
somento an exclusion ofaIl articles unannounccd,
the Committee requests the people generally to
Observe that it is intended to give tie 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
il, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural lin
Elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium OF cup
worth y 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth S will be given on the third best
~ so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best g so on the third an honor; OH the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dollars-these, how
ever are general regulations, and in particular
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will he
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
8th A hall will be prepared and assigned par j.
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings needie-work, &C. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
cessary to proper management.
9Th The facilities of getting to 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 flo
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what tits in naue, Southern
Central Aric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
pdrments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists oil the
ar .icles cassed and arranged in their respective
departments In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enJoin
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
mittees proceed at once to the examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales-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.
12h. 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 and
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 ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business OF
the fair.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CuLrlyAToR, and to pro-
cure far as practicable their publication in the
weekly papers of this and the adjoining States.
By order Of the Committee Of Arrangements.