The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-21


The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
crbng such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management 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-
tinue open until Friday evening 1t is therefore de-
srable 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 Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
I'd The Association has ample fund, and will,
IN 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
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, arc
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ion shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or regislry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-giyng
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepcrs 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
cxhbtion--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance il Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of Invention 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 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 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 will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legibc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the several county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoned TO make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provcments in farming, tillage drainils and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes OF preparation. time ofplanting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount Of valuable
information TO DO sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and NJ snufacturersEx Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for sale and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in 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 therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
| sOmeintO an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, I hat it is intended TO give the action of
the Association the very widestsscope, embI 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 Of the departments, a premium of q cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
4 2 SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles OF the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best g so on the third an honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doliars--these how
everare 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 parii-
III lorly tn no aAi for hair,
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 to 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 it is in name Southern
Central Agric utural Association
Nth The President upon consultation with
such members he can call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, 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 tins
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enioin
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 on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists OF articles, and the several com
mltees 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 will be devoted TO sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con
unuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlante early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| l2th. The annual Grafton viii be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Bups, of Athens, Georgia.
l3b. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, 90 accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to give visitors 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
lcop for