The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-24

day Of August nsxt, wkic6 Il tho day al the iftl
annual meeting at Atlantis Georgia
| 1'he Commiftes charged with Tho duty Of prss
enbins such genera rules = they may deem 70
Fair, have adopted the following
| GEnEaAL REGULATIONS.
lat The Fair Grounds and Buildings will b
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening II is therefore do
slrabe that all persons having ARTICLES for oxhibi
tion, shall DO on the ground az early as Friday o.
Saturday, the 9Th aud 10th August when Com
mittsc will be there ready 10 receive them,
"a. The Association has an ample fund, and will
~ all cases, become responsible for the safekcepine
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of ia
ofhcers and committees (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time ia
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, and
TO prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association. e5t 1ef
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w
Lewis, VIM. Ezxard. and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition, shall have first been eneredn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residepce-and price, for salc--gvng
to the owner corresponding Garland then classl-
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
doOrkcepers and clerks, a. shall be necessary for
the projection 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 al
cnses, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II 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 ofcultivation. II an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising, &c. II
Needle-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age il 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 will not be awarded 10 any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory Statements nude out
in Icgible hand, and In style fit at once for the
press. 81 s rfYH
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Socs-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provcmeuts in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes oil 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. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. snqfacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have 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
o premium. .61
Ytb. Premiums. is impossible to name in no
tce 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-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il 10 intended to give the action of
tho Association the very widestsspope, embr acing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition are invited 10 come The only
regulation further necessary OH this point perhaps
ia, that oil 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 y 10 will be given; on the second best arti.
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
2. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cies of the highest merit in the rsmaiping depar.
mcuts cup worth : s 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 regulatipB' and in particular case
n Inr MOI
permitted, indeed are requested to vary the rule.
sth, ball will be prepared and assigned parti-
cuariy TO the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, peedle-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend Thsir ASSISTANCE
In many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cesaary TO proper management
9Th. The facilities of getting 70 this central
point induce us+o 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 II 10 Ia name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association. -l IN
18TH The President upon a consultation with
such rembers ps he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aid assign TO them their respective do
pdrtments, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
a tcies ciassed and arranged in their respective
departments In order to the perfection of this
arrangement the committee appointed 10 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-
rFdaY the 9th and 10th of August, so that when
the freadsnt shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mitiees proceed at once 10 The examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time 10 make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday,
Thursday will be devoted to snles--Friday to gen
ernl re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con.
tnuing the whole time s..t
lltb. Any attentions Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlantis early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
I2tt- The annua! Grafton Will be made on
w ednesday. the day of the Anniversary nesting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Blllups, OF Athens, Georgia.
l3th. 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 1sltors the opportunity of the accommo-
dutions cfths good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
18th. Ihs citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Of6cers