The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-08

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day q AuSa3 pext, whit6 l. the day Of ~ 9Th
annual hee&jHE It Atlant4 Geofgia
me ComniftsS charged with the duff ~ pres
cribipg such general rulaa - they may Deem ne
csssary 10 aproper rnahagSmelt Of the approaching
Fair have adopted the following i.s.s IS VI va
GENEsAL REGULATIONS, ~. ~
LIT The Fair Groupds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud CON
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall he on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready 70 receise them, n "a
I'd. Tho Association has ~ ample fund, aud will,
IN all cases, become ssposible for the safekeePng
oil articles which may be placed in the hands Of iis
chicers and committees, (the owner taking check
for the ssBse,) until the cio6e Of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample tiiae TO
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, and
TO prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
| Association. 20 n sst es0itfg f34reJ3 ~
3D.. 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 sha have first been enteredin the Secrotarys
book or regstry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sae--givng
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
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, az 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 all
cases, q minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
tt1 IN ho dol RID m,
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofiuventon, 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 fplsntiDg, mode Of cultivation 1t an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode ofraisng, &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, 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 legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. f t
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
lies 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 ccIntiees
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 scrveral 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
neutrality-suspicious. and NJ snufactnrersEx change
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.
7th. Premiums.- is impossible to name in no
ce 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 il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pro-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofal 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, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or useful IN business
or art. All them with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
il, that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
department Of Stock Mechanics, Agricultural Inn
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
ces cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
81 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 2. so on the third an honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles
premiums from one 10 three doars-these how
ever, are general regulations and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed requested TO vary the rule.
| 9Th. hall will be prepared and assigned part-
cularly to the Ladies Tor 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 TO proper management,
9th. The facilities OF getting 20 this central
point induce usto 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 name, Southern
Central Agrc utural Association. atl i
IOth. The President upon consultation with
such members Ne 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
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
urday the 9th and 10th of August, so that when
the President ebsl) appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the cbmmiitse of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several com
mIttees proceed at once the examination of ari-
Giles, and thereby have ample time To make their
reports TO the annual meeting on "Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday 70 gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition coa-
gguing the whole time
iltl, Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, viii 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 committecs,
by Col. John Bilups, OF Athens, Georgia.
| 18Th The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
carly every morning and late in the afternoon. 10
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,