The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-13
SOUTHERN CENTRAL
NEGOTIATION.

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THE Fifth Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will beheia
during the week embracing "Wednesday, the it sl
day OF August next, which is The day Of the hi'h
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia 'fc.---rli
The Committee charged with the duty oil pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary to proper management oil the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following i...,.. ..4 i
GENERAL REGULATIONS. go I
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings WIN %
opened for visitors Monday morning, ana oS-
tinue open until Friday evening IT. therefore as'
sirable that all persons having ARTICLES i9r eAhip
i;on sbalI he on the ground early as riday or
| saturday. the 9Th and 10th August when Com-
mittee viii be there ready to receive them, =,
| od The Association has an ample fund, ana VIII,
in ali cases become responsible for the safe-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
,aicers and committees, (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close OF the FAR, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time TO
give them opportunity to recover tae,r gooas, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment Oh me
Association. t r,7. s..-g,r, 81 IL. ~ TO-. si
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
| Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty IT shall De TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhI
tion shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
| book or regstry-then labelled with the owners
name and resdence---and price, II Tor sale-givihg
TO the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
| fed and arranged by departments and IN SUCH order
as to facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary ior
the projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need IN The arrangement
and labelling Of articles.
I 4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases. a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-,he statement 10 be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, If Machine, statement
of is powers and uses cost, time OF invention, ana
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural ffoaucts,
mode of reparation of land and SOIL manure ana
time of planting, mode ofcultiyaton. II an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode oil raising ne Al
Needle work or Painting, or any work Of Art the
length of time bestowed on 1t, or the amount oil
labor; the age, II 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 take notice,
that a premium will not be awarded to any arll-
cle whatever its merit, unless accompanies by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style tit at once Tor the
press. 49,. ..-.-.a .,.... ....5yI..i .
5lh The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enoined to make out, upon
consultation a report of the present condition oil
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tage, draining and manu-
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adopted. The leading products of their countless
the modes appropriation. 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 scrVeral 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 NJ; nufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, 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 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 it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construedby
someinio an exclusion Of all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, [ hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious useful in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, 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 I'm
!. 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 arti-
cles cup worth IS will be given, on the third best
IS = so on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the SECOND
best 8 g SO on the third an honor; on The fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dollars-these, how
everar general regulations, and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed requested, to vary the rule.
A w ASSIGNED IL
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-work, &c. They
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 Flo
lrida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed wbatitis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association, VS.
10TH The President upon consultation with
such members he call TO his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de- |
| pdrments, 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 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 the examination Of art-
ces, 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-deliyery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
18th, Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlapta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day ofth Anniv ersary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees.
by Col. John Bilups, Of Athens, Georgia.
J3th. 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-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in