The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

day OF August next, which is the day of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules AS they may deem me-
cessary to aproper 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, aud con-
tinue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles for exhb-
tlon, shall be on the ground 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 safekeeping
oil articles which may be placed in the hands of its
officers 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.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
iton, shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi
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, shall be necessary for
the projection 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
exhibtion--the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinyention, and
/ e Il.
maker If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure aud
time Of planting, mode ofcultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age mode Of raising, sc. Ii
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 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 legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enioined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several countless Of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage, drainil, 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 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 amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th II is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andM ;nufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus of
oh tnla on, h, Al, f..
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for sale and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
7th. Premiums isimpossible to name in no
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 il, 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, hat it is intended TO give tie action Of
the Association the very wdest'scope embl acing
svery thing that is ingenious useful 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
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 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.
mcnts a cup worth 5 will be given on the second
best 2. so ; on the third an honor on the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dol,ars--these how
are 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-
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 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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon 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 appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles cassed 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 enjon
Nl'VH III W 'ohc HoiiCc lhdt tNlnDluOn
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
mttees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted TO sales-Frday to gen
eral re-deivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tnuing 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 Blups, 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 Efernoon, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to Civ ,Isitors 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,