The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-21
UTHERH CENT RIA l.
ASSOCIATION.

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lat The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
| opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening IL is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles Tor exhibi-
| tion shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mitee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund and Will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
OF articles which may be placed In the hands OF Its
chicers 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
| association.
| Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
tion sha have first been enteredin the Secrearys
book or registry--then labelled tn the owners
name and residence-and price, iftor 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
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--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. If horticultural or Agricultural Products
mode of preparation of land and SOIL manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultvation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, &C. If
Neede-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 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 lcgible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the servera county Socie-
ties are requested and en)oined TO make out, upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
prOvements in farming, tillage draining and manu-
ring, which have been or in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their ccuntlees
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
neutrality-suspicious. andM ;nufacturers 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.-It is impossible to name in no.
tce 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 ii, 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, hat it is intended TO give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embI acing
every thing that is ingenious or useful IN business
or art. All them 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 de parment. a premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles a cup worth will be given on the third best
80. so on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments a cup worth s 5 will be given on the second
best ?. SO on the third an honor on the fourth
ID honor On miner and misce laneous articles
premiums from one TO three dollars-these how
ever,sre 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 10 the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, naedle- work, &c. They
la,e dtallx i.A n, oft Dh.,r
in many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
cessary 10 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 We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what tits in name, a Southern
Central Agric ultura Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign TO them their respective de-
pcTments, 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 to the examination of arti-
! Giles, 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-dehvery Of articles. The, exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to- the
foregoing rules, will be published Atlanta early
j. Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
BIB. 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 hsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dntions ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
+, attendance upon the Fair.
!. l4h. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and officers
h and others engaged in the laborious business Of
the fair.
o 18th. The Secretary is directed to publish