The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-03

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
erong such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approachin
air, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will b
opened for visitors ON Monday morning, aud con
'inue open until Friday evening Ii is therefore dc
srabie that all persons having articles for exhibi
uon shall be on the ground as early as Friday o
Saturday, tho 9th and 10th August when a Com
mit'ee will be there ready to receive them.
"a The Association has ample fund, and will
IN all cases, become responsible for the safckeepD,
oi articles which may be placed in the hands Of ii
cihcers and committees, (the owner taking checl
LOT the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
VIII be announced beforehand, in ample time L
give them opportunity to recover their goods, ant
to prevent thereby the leaving of any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment Of the
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper Richard Peters, David w
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi.
iton, shall have first been eneredn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence---and price, flor sale--gyng
TO the owner corresponding Garland 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
uVpihCCPOto duu Us Silali uc necessary LOT
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in Encouragement
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--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, If 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 ofplanting, mode ofcultivation If an Animal
the pedigree or stock age, mode Of raising, sc. If
Needie-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 very old persons
tie value, uses, sc. 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 Iegible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
9Th. The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out upon
report Of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or 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 serveraI county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. aud I'M anufacturersE Elk change
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.
It'll. Prcmiums.-lt is impossible to name in no
tee 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 OF all articles unannounced
the COMMITTEE requests the people generally to
observe, that il is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widestsscope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All them with whatever they have for sa lie
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary 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, premium of cup
worth III will be gwen on the second best arti-
cles cup worth S will be given on the third best
y 81 on the fourth an honor. And ON all arti-
Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
menis cup worth is will be given; ON the second
best 2. so on the third an honor; on the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and miscel laneous articles.
premiums from one to three dolars-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 parii-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
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 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. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
tins institution indeed, whatits in name Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as 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
a. ucies classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection OF thus
arrangement, The committee appointed TO publish
these regulations. viii 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, no that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee OF reception NAV
have their bsls OF articles, and the several COM
mittees proceed at once to the examination of art
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-dehvery OF articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing 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.
i2th. 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, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV nstors the opportunity Of the nccommo-
dations 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
the fair.
10th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CULTIVATION, and 10 pro-
r