The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-14
sOUTHERN CEN Raj
A GaIrETE THIN Al ASSOC ZION

day oil August next, winch IS VIC " tS
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia hsluJ 3
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary To proper management oil the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
hH GENERAL REGuLAIIoHs.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud CON
tnue open until Friday evening II is therefore de
srable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Frday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mlttee will be there ready 10 receive them.
ID The Association has an ample iund, and VIII,
IN all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
Of articles which may be placed IN the hands OF MS
cheers and committees, (lhe owner taking cheek
for the same,) until the close OF The FAR, 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 M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall he to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
iton sha have first been enleredn the Secretary s
! book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and resideuce-and price, iff1r saie--giving
10 the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fled and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
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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
exhibition--lhe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, if Machine, a 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 ofcultivation IL an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode ofraising, Sc If
Ncedlework or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length Of time bestowed on it, or the amount OF
labor; the age, 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 vi i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legiblc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties requested and enjoined to make out upon
consultation, report Of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
proyements in farming, tilage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes Of preparation. time Of planting md 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 be sent out IN TIE published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernA Agricultural andM Iufacturers 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.
| 18th. Premiums is impossible to name in no
tce like this ali, 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 1t, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest therefore the announ cement of pre-
mums for particular articles might be Construed BY
| somento an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, hat il is intended to give the action Of
the Association the very widest'scope, embI acing
every 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
l department of Stock, Mechanics. Agricultural I'm
plements and valuable improvements OF inventions
in any Of the departments, a premium of a cup
worth s 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles q cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
So. so on the fourth an honor. Aud on all arti-
II cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best .. so on the third an honor on The fourth,
ID honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dolIars-these, how
general regulations and in particular case
or cases OF peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
sth. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
; cuarly TO the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, needlework, &c. They
E are cordially invited TO attend. Their assistance
in many DEF artmens of the fair is absolutely ne
a cessary TO proper management
9Th The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce us'to invite, and TO expect the pre-
{ sence and contributions of many of our fellow
l citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hoTe they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
/ Central Agric utural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign TO them irrespective de-
pGrtments, and TO these committees so appointed
The committee OF reception shall furnish lists Of the
Hucles Chased and arranged in their respective
!; departments. IN order to the perfection Of this
} arrangement, the committee appointed 10 publish
these regulations, viii here repeat, and enoin
upon all to take notice lhat articles for exhibition
may be received end arranged Friday and Sat
urday the 9th aud 10Th of August, 80 that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee or reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mtiees proceed at to the sxnmination Of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
r reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to snles-F Friday to gen
eral re-deivery OF articles. The exhibition coa-
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 annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
, by Col. John Blllups, 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, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV hsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
I, attendance upon the Fair.
/. l9th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
b and others engaged in the laborous business OF
the falr
o 18th. The Secretary is directed TO publish