The southern press., 1851-10-30
OUTHERS CENTRAL
At.RIGITITIIHA A ASaOCIATlON

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
erbing such general ruies as they may deem ne
cessary 10 proper management Of the approachin,
Far, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will bt
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tlnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de
sirabie that all persons having articles for exbibi
tion, shall be on the ground early as Friday OF
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com.
mittee viii be there ready to receive them.
I'd The Association has ample fund, and will
IN all cases become responsible for the sae-keepng
Oh articles which may be placed in the hands Of Its
cihcers 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 opportunity TO recover their goods and
to prevent thereby the leaving of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Associa
3D. Mark A. Cooper Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James Nj Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty ii shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition shall have first been eneredn The Secretary's
! book or regstry--then labelled with the owners
name and residebce-and price, flor sae-giving
TO the owner a corresponding Garland then cassi-
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
eHe Pio'ccpou VI BiouHus anu DullulfSs,
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---he 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 sc. If
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 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 Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tilage, draining and manu- |
rng which have been or are in progress of being |
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes ofpreparation. time of planting and mod |
OF cultivation. The means and measures Of preser-
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county |
societies would make up an 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 |
SouthernAgricultural and NJ manufacturers Elk change
We request individuals who have surplus of |
choice articles, or who make them for sale e-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 |
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 il, and yet richly deserving |
premiums, lest therefore the announceme of pre-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion fall 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 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 I'm
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
IN any oil 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
So. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti- |
ces OF the highest merit in the remaining depart |
ments cup worth s 5 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 to three dollars-these how |
eyer,are general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be |
permitted, indeed are requested to vary the rule.
8th. hall will be prepared and assigned parti- |
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 10 proper management
9th. The facilities of getting TO this central |
point induce usfo 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 tits 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-
pdTtments, and to these committees so appointed
The committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
aiticles 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 10 take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat |
urday the 9Th and 10th of August, 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 once to the examination of art-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their !
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday. |
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Friday to gen |
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the |
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th. The annual oraton will be made on |
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
lmmediately preceding the reports Of committees
by Col. John Bllups, OF Athens, Georgia.
l3tb. 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 hstors the opportunity of the accommo-
dauons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
i4th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged In the laboFiops business of
the fair.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish