The southern press., 1850-11-07
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annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia ~
| The Committee charged with the duts of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
| Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud con-
tinue open until Friday evening IL is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhb-
ton, shall be the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready 10 receive them.
! I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the sale-keeping
ol articles which may be placed IN the hands Of its
Cihcers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close Of The Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods and
to 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, Wm. Ezzard, and James NJ Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
tion shall nave first been enicredin the Secretarys
book or registry---thep labelled with the owners
name and resideDce-and price, iffor sale-gvIg
to the owner corresponding card-and then classi-
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 protection 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, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il a Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost time of invention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode ofcultyation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, SC. If
NeedIe-work or Painting, or any work OF Art the
lellgth Of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age if by children 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 notice,
that a premium will not be awarded to any arti-
cle whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. r...,.... .-.a. !. t.. .-... =
5th The delegations of the seryeral county Socie-
ties are requested and enioined to make out upon
consultation, a report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tllage, 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 ofplanting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures Of fpreser-
wing and Increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society," a,"G aeat. ~. ~. a.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
Southern agricultural and N; rufacturersEx Exchange
We request individuals who have a 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
Z premium t.u-gf ,Ger..a
7th Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tice like this ALL the various articles TO which pre-
2 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 Construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall 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
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
s 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, a premium of cup
worth 4 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth 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 5 5 will be given on the second
best 2. So on the third an honor on the fourth,
. ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 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 parli-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, DC. 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 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 ,whatitis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association sa..a II
10TH The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call 10 his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, 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 enJon
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibion
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
mttees 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 sales-Frlday to gem
eral re-deivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atanta carly
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
& 18th. The annual oration will be made on
> Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
immediately preceding the reports of committees,
!, by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia =
J, 18TH The Committee have the prospect of
i making arrangements with the Macon, State and
II Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late i'll the afternoon, TO
;. Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
|, to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
r, attendance upon the Fair .E '" - fJ.E .@.
!. l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
h and others engaged in the laborious business OF