The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-17
SOypuEnN CEN.TAAL


The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO aproper management Of the approaching
FAIR have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS,
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles for exhibit
tlon, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
"a. The Association has ample fund, and will,
IN all eases, become responsible for the saAc-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cheers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor 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 tt
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, WIN. Ezzard, and James Nj Calhoun,
appointed committee whose duty ii shall be to
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
iton, shall have first been enteredn the Secretary's
book registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--gving
to the owner corresponding card-and 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 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. a
| 4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
| exhbtion--thc statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, IL 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,
mn dp ofp arntio nf and nI and
time of planting, mode ofcultvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c. Ii
Neede-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 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 out
in Icgble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. eN "a
5th The delegations of the several county Socie-
ties are requested and enoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
proyements 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 of planting and mod
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 the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable TO make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura andSs, MISUNDERSTANDING
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
premium. ~.
It'll Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tce like this all, 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 it,, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, bat 1t is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdest'scope, embI acing
every thing that is ingenious useful business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
| or exhibition, invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
il, that, on 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, premium of cup
worth : 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth I 5 will be given on the third best
=. SO on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 5 .. SO on the third an honor on The fourth,
| I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doars-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 parti-
cularly TO the Ladies for their garden products,
H.. a.
are cordially invited TO attend Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to,a 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
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it in name Southern
Central Agric uluiral Association
| 10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call 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 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
| tne rresiueht snall appoint MS committees on
| Monday morning, the committee or reception may
have their lists of articles, and the several COM
mittees proceed at once to the examination of ar,-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting ON Wednesday.
Thursday vii, be devoted TO sales-Friday to gem
eral re-delivery OF articles The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time. 1f
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, 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 Billups, 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 risItors the opportunity of the accommo-
dutions 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 laborious business of