The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-18
UTHERN CENTRAL

The Committee charged with The duty of pres
crlbing such general rules as they may deem ne.
eessary to proper management of the approaching
air, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lot The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con
'inue open until Friday evening, 1t is therefore de-
srabie that all persons having articles for exhibit
ion' shall be on the ground as early Friday or
saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
"a The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for the safe-keepng
vi articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
oihcers and committees, (the owner taking check
LOT 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 exhi
tion shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residcDce--and price, il for sae--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then cassi-
Ned 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, 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
eXhibiton-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, IL Machine, statement
OF is powers and uses, cost, time of invent 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
nf mi nttprr IF
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 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 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 soce-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture In their several counties, of the i'm
proyements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or 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 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
neutrality-suspicious. andM Manufacturers E. 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
a premium.
It'll. Premiums Sit is impossible to name in no
tlce 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 announcemen of pre-
miums Tor particular articles might be Construed by
sometnto an exclusion oil all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe hat il 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 then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited TO come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
10, that, on all articles Of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
PIGMENTS, 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
81. 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all arti.
l Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depor.
ments cup worth 5 5 will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles
premiums from one TO three doars-these how
eyerare general regulations and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
| permitted, indeed requested, TO vary the rule
Sth. nall VIII be prepared and assigned parti-
| cularly TO the Ladies for their garden products
| fruits, flowers paintings, needle &c They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
In many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary 10 proper management
9th The facilities of getting TO 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
TINS institution indeed whattis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call TO his aid 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 10 the perfection Of thus
arrangement, the committee appointed 10 publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enoin
upon all TO take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urdsy 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 arti-
u cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
n reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
; Thursday will be devoted to sales-Frday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time
lIth. Any alterations Of or additions TO- the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
: Monday morning of the Fair week
l2th. The annual Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Blllups OF Athens, Georgia
, l3th. The COMMITTEES have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
q georgia Railroads, TO run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
!. Grimm. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV nsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
da,'ons 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,
b and others engaged in the laborious business OF
the fair.
o 18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CuLTIyAroR, and to pro.