The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-29
sOUTHERN GENITAL

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annual meeting n Atlanta Georgia
The Commiftee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general rulea a. they may deem ne
cessATy 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, and con-
tinus open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground AZ early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
ID. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the safe-keepDg
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of ito
officers 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 after the adjournment Of the
Assoc atiOn.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, Wu. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty II shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition, shall have FIRST been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled W tn the owners
name and residence-and price, II for sa!e-glving
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 az shall be Decessary for
the projection Of the grounds and 6pildings, and
such clerks as they may need in Encouragement
and labelling Of articles. y
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance,i II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvcntion, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
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mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age mode of raising, &c. IL
Needle-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if 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 premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the several county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tilage, 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 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
EouthernAgricultura and M .nufa turers 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
premium.
7th. 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-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto 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 or useful In business
OF 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 inventions
| in any Of the departments, premium of cup
worth : 10 will be given; on the second best arti.
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
2. 50 on the fourth an honor And on all art
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
mcnts cup worth 4 5 will be given on the second
best 2. so the third an honor on the fourth,
I'd honor. On mlner and miscel aneous articles,
premiums from one TO 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. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c. They
are cord ally invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
9Th. The facilities Of getting 20 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. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association.
10th. The President upon q consultation with
such members as he can call to his add 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
J these regulations, will here repeat, and epjon
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
mitees 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
ernl redelivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
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Monday morning of the Fair week.
10Th. 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, Georga.
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, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV 'isitors the opportunity of the accommo-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair %
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided