The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-24

day Of August naxts which Is the day OF the filth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules - they may deem mo-
cessaTy TO proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted tho following
GENERAL REeuLATIoHs.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con-
tinus open until Friday evening II Is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibit
uon, shall'bc on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10Th August when Com
mit'ee will - there ready to receive them.
ID The Association has an ample fund.- and will
III all cases become responsible for The saickeeping
Oh articles which may be placed in the hands N its
cheers 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.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard. and James NJ. Calhoun, are
| appointed committee whose duty II shall be to
that all articles entering The fair grounds for exhi-
ion, shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled tn the owners
name and resideuce--and price, il for sale--giyhg
to the owner corresponding card--and then cassi-
he'd and arranged by departments, aud 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 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--ihc statement to be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, II Machine, statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcutivation If an Animal,
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 ii, 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 viii 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 eDloined to make out upon
consultation, report Of The present condition Of
Agriculture in their several countless Of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage dranii,, and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress ofbeing
adopted, The leading products of their ccantlees
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 several 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. and NJ; Eufacturcis Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock Gc--to carry
them there for SAFE and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7ih. Preniums.-lt is impossible to name il no
ce 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 IT, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest thei ciore the announcement Of pre-
miums for particular articles might be Construed by
| somelnto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
The Committee requests the people generally to
observe, { hat il is Intended 10 give tie action of
the Association the very widest'scope, emn, AGING
svery 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 In
plements, and valuable Improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium OF a cup
worth : III will be gwen on the second best arti-
cles cup worth = 5 will be given on the third best
Z Z SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments a cup worth s 5 VIII be given on the second
best ,. 81 on the THIRD an honor on The fourth,
I'd honor On miner and misc llaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dollars--ihese 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. ball will be prepared and assigned parii-
culariy 10 the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, need e-work &c. They
are cord 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 usito 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 Agric utural Association.
10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his ad shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
ptrlments, and To these committees so appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
al ucles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will bsra repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the yth 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
mitees proceed at once 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--Frday to gen
eral re-deivery Of articles. The exhibition Goa
tnung 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 annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Bilups, of Athens, Georgia.
l3th 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 Os,ors the opportunity of the accommo-
dntions 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 aborious business of