The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-26

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribiDg such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary to proper management of the approaching
1 Fair, have adopted the following
/ GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and coa-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi
tlon, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mitlee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund.- and will
ia all cases. become responsible for the sae-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cheers and committees, the owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close OF the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them OPT, orlunty TO recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
1 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 sba have first been enferedin the Secretarys
book registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resideuce--and price, ffor sale-gvng
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhbton--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, il Machine, statement
OF Is powers and uses, cost, time of inye nton, 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 of cultivation. If 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, 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 a premium ill 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 are requested and enjoined TO make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several countless of the i'm
provements 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 Of preparation time Of planting and mod
Fof cultivation. The and measures Of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the servefal county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information 10 DO sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and M.nufacturersEx 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.
| It'll. Premiums.--lt is impossible to name in no
tce like this all, the various articles 10 which pre-
NUNS 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 init, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
mums 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, embr 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
is, that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
| department OF Stock, Mechanics Agricultural Inn
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
In any OF the departments, a premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
=. So on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 2. so /; on the third honor; on The fourth
I'd honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles
premiums from one TO three dolIars-these, how
ever,are general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, TO vary the rule.
9Th A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needIc-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 70 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 Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association
| lOth. The President upon consultation with
such members he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, 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
'nese regulations, will hire 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
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mttees proceed at TO the examination of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted to sales--Friday to gen.
eral re-deivery Of articles. The exhibition Goa
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 annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Biups, of Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
gi' nsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
cations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business of