The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-22

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The Committee charged with the duty of pres-
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne-
cessary to proper nagement Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
time open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as FRIDAY or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mit'ee will be there ready to receive them
I'd. Tie Association has an ample fund, and WILL
IN all cases, become responsible for the sae-keepiDg
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands OF its
ohicers 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.
3D.. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exit
iton slia have first been enIeredin the Sccretarys
book or registry---then labelled W tn the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale--givng
to the owner corresponding card--and 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
the protection of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
aud labelling of articles
4th. There win positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton--ihe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary For instance, il a Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvention 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
time of planting, mode of cultivation IL an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, SC. If
Ncedc-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, fby 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 to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made oul
in legiblc hand, and in style fit ut once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the servcral 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
provemens 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 Appropriation, time ofpanting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands, Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andM ;nufacturcrsE 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
a premium fla
7th. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no.
ticc like this all, the various articles 10 which pre-
mums 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 1t, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles mightb construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounccd
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended TO give the action Of
the Association the very widest'scope, embI AGING
avery thing Tat is ingenious or useful IN business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
is, that, all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plemen,s, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be gwen on the second best arti-
cles cup worth 4 will be given, on the third best
2. so; on the fourth an honor And on all art
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 3 SO on the third an honor on The fourth,
| I'd honor. On miner and msce laneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dollars--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. hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
r1x fhs adj tla,u
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c. They
are coId ally invited TO attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary TO proper management
9Th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce usHo 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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric utnral Association.
lVth. The President upon consultation with
such members he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them tbeirrespective de-
pdriments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles Chased and arranged in their respective
departments. In order TO the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed TO publish
these regulations viii here repeat, and enjoin
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
mttees proceed at TO the examination of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday.
Thursday vii! be DEVOTED to saes--Friday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles The exhibition cen
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 annna! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Bilhps, of Athens, Georgia.
18th. 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, 10
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV nsiiors the opportunity OF the accommo-
dations 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,
and others engaged in the labopoue ulsiness of