The southern press., 1851-10-24
soUTHERN CENTRAL
A GWJ(iuJ.TIJRAI ASSOCIATION

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribiDg such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary to aproper management of the approaching
FAIR, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds aud Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi
ton, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10Th August when Com
nhtiee VIII be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund.- and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for the safekeeping
oil articles which may be placed IN the hands OF It's
Gliicers and committees, the owner taking check
ior 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
Association.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition, sha have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or regstry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sae--givng
to the owner a corresponding card-and then classi-
fed and arranged by departments and in such order
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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
| exhibition-lhe statement to be delivered to the
| Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention 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
Irna nla aptip ,nAa fcn
the pedigree or stock, age mode of raising, &c. If
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, &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 premium i'll 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 serveral county Socie-
ties requested and enjoined to make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provemens ia farming, tillage, drainir., 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 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernA Agricultural and N, nufaetnrersE Ex change
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
| a premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no
ticc 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 therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed BY
| someinto an exclusion of all articles unannounced
| the Committee requests the people generally to
! observe, t hat il is intended TO give the action of
the Association the very widesl'scope, embI acng
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, on all articles of the highest merit in the
| department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
pleinents, and valuable improvements or inventions
! in any OF ths departments, premium of cup
worth III Will be giYen on the second best art-
cles cup worth will be sigep on the third best
| 5 2. so on the fourth an honor. And Ga al art
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
best 9. so on the third an honor; on the fourth
ID honor On miner and msSe laneous 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 requested, TO vary the rule
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned part-
| cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
| fruits, flowers paintings, needle-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 TO this central
point induce us'to inPte, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions OF many Of our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
| rda. VIC hope they will unite with US in making
this institution indeed what tits in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the comittoe Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
| altcles classed and arranged in their respective
! departments. In order to the periection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed 10 publish
these regulations, will h,re repeat, and enioin
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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of ar-
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
era re-dellvery Of articles. The exhibition coa-
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules. will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
l2th. The annual oraton will be made on
wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
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 CIV nstors the opportunity Of the accommo-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business Of
| the far.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations ~ tbe C0LTyAToR, and to pro-