The southern press., 1851-10-28
OUTHERN CEETRAL
GRI(uITIJHAL ASSOGIATION

day of August next, which is the day OF the nitf
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
oribiug such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aProper management OF the approaching
FAIR, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening IL is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibi-
tion, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
uittee will be there ready TO receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the keeping
Oh articles which may be placed IN the hands OF It's
cheers 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 ad ournment of the
! Assocat
| 3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters David w.
| Lewis, VIM Ezzard and James M. Calhoun,
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ti0D sha have first been enieredin the Secretary's
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, flor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
eAhbiton-ihe statement TO be delivered 10 the
Secretary For instance il Machine, statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time of inv enon, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. lf horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode OF preparation OF land and soil, manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcutivaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising, Sc II
Ncedlework or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed it, or the amount Of
labor; the age, ifby children or very old persons
tie value, uses &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode OF collecting such information may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,"
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice.
that premium " i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
IN Icgible hand, and III style tit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and cnloned to make ont. upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, lillage, drainil and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their ccmtees
the modes OF preparation. time of planting aGd mod
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the servera 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
SouthernAgrlcultura and ", hufacturersE Ex change
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, sc---to carry
them there ior safe, and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums III 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 thei eiore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be srued by
somelnto an exclusion OF al articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, hat i. is intended to give the action of
! the Association the very widestscope, emb acing
every thing that is ingenious 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 perha ps
is that all articles Of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plemcnts, and valuable Improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best aTti-
ces cup worth will be given on the third best
y
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
meais cup worth SIS will be given /; on the second
best 2. DO on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor On minsr end misc, llaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three 1ollan-these how
ever, are general regulations and in pa gtcllar esse
or cases of peculiar merit the committees viii be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
sth A hall will be prepared and assigned pnrt-
cularly 10 the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c. They
are cordially invited 10 attend Their assistance
in many departments Of the fair il absolutely
! cessary to proper management
| 9th. The facilities Of getting 20 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contrbuiionS of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
riaa. VIC hoTe they viii unite with us In making
this institution indeed, whattis in name, aSouthern
Central Agric nlt.ral Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
auch members he call 10 his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign TO them their respective de-
pdrtmeDts, and 10 these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
Articles clsssod and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed TO publish
these regulations, will b, re repeat, and enjoin
upon all TO take notice that srtcles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9Th and 10th OF August, 30 that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
have their lists Of articles and the several com
mittees proceed at to the examination Of arii
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
| reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Fridny to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tnuing the whole time.
! llth Any alterations Of, or additions to- the
| foregoing rules, will be published at Atsntq early
! Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th. The annuA! olaton viii be made on
| Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of coIlrp.tt1cs,
| 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, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to gi, istors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dntions ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta baye provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and OficeIs,
and others engaged in the aborious business OF
the iair.
18th The il oJ l,ob