The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-11
SOUTHE RN CENTRAL
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day Of August next, which is the day OF the fifth
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 Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening 1t is therefore de-
srabe that all persons hav ng articles for exhibit
tion shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready 10 receive them.
Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases become responsible for the safekeeping
oi articles which may be placed in the hands of its
Ulcers and committees (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close OF the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity to recover their goods, and
! to prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected alter the adjournment oil Inc
! Association.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James NJ Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
ton shall have first been enleredn the Secretarys
| book or registry-then labelled w tn the owners
name and residenCe-and price, ffor sale-siving
to the corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such order
as facilitate the laborS of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkccpers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need i'll 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
eXhibition--lhe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, If Machine, statement
of is powers and USES cost time Of nventon, 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 ofcultivation ii an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, &C. II
| 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, 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 will lake notice,
that premium will not be awarded to any arli-
Gle whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand and i'll style lit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the servera county Soce-
ties are requested and enloined TO make cut. upon
consultation, report of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
provements 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
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands. Accurate
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
SouthernA Agricultural and NJ. Eufaeturers Exchange
We request individuals who have O 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.
It'll. Premiums.-It is impossible to name in no.
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 1t, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement Of pre-
NUNS for particular articles mig be co strued by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat 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 on this point perhaps
is that all articles Of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plements, and valuable improvements or inycntions
in any Of the departments, premium OF cup
worth 10 will be given tho second best arti-
cles cup orth IS will be given, on the third best
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth ) 5 will be given on the second
best g 50 on the third an honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor On miner aud misct llaneous articles,
premiums from TO three doars-thesc, how
ever ARE general regulations and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will he
permitted, indeed are requested, TO vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti
Z cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
/. fruits, flowers paintings, needlc-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
IN many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
ccssary TO proper management
9Th. The facilities of getting TO this central
point induce us to invite, and TO expect the pre-
scncc and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name, a Southern
Central Agric ultura Association.
ION. The President upon consultation with
such members az he can call TO his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdr'ments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
ARTICLES classed and arranged in their respective
departments. in order to the perfection Of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h re repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
ufday 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
mttees proceed at 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 sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delirery of Articles. The exhibition con-
lnuing the whole time.
llth. Amy alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published Atlantr early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
| Wednesday, q n he M
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col, John Billups Of Athens, Georgia.
]3,h. 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 occommo-
dat;ons ofths good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th, The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comic rtabe quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborous business or
the fair.