The southern press., 1851-08-05
sOUTHERN1 N1OBN TAAL


annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to a proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted tho following
GENERAL REGULATIONS. sll
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. It is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi
tion 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 an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the sae-keepiDg
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cheers and committees, (tbe 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. M l, s 0 a8N
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, Vim. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed COMMITTEES whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
tion, sha have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry---then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, for sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums I; and also to employ such police and
doorkecpers and clerks al 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. sNt
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, q minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
oxhibiton--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il a Machine, 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 ofcultvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, &c. If
Needie-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length OF time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, ifby 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 art-T
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 servcral county Socic-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provemcnts in farming, tiilage draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes 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 seryeral 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 MsIufacturersEx Exchange
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 sae and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
tice 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 fall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdestsscope embr acing
every thing that is ingenious useful In business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sa
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
ia, 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 cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
ces cup worth 5 will be given, on the third best
2. SO; on the fourth an honor And on all art
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 2. 50 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, A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings ncede-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
rlda. VIC hope they will unite with us in ma king
this institution indeed what it is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he 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 thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enjoin
upon all 10 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
mittees proceed at once to the examination Of arti-
cles, 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 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 Billups, 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, to
uriihn. Marietta Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
20 CIV 'ls,ors the opportunity of the accommo-
attendance upon the Fair
ram ihe citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
occd in, ~ II :. =.