The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-22

annual meq}OE ~ Atnue4 Georgia dH
The Commiltss charged With The duty Of pres
cribing such general rules ~ thsy msy deem no,
cessafy 10 apFopes management Of the spproachina
Fair, have adopted the following 1f1n
CRIMINAL REcuL ATOMS. ~
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con.
tnue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
srabie that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground early as Friday OF
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
"a The Association has an ample fund, and will,
all cases, become responsible for the safe-ksspns
o. articles which may be placed in the hands Of ts
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. e i itfslis' eAa soy
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezxard, and James N. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for cxh
iton, shall have first been entcredn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
ned 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
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,
eth. 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, II Machine, statement
OF Is powers and uses, cost time ofinvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. IL horticultural or Agricultural Products,
vnnd If - la Il
time Of planting, mode ofcultivation. Ii an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising &c. If
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, &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 legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. ,H
5th, The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements 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 fpanting and mod
4 r.
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. 0vt
9th. II is desirable TO make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andMsnufacturersExch
| 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. Prclniums.-It is impossible 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 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 unanno
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, cmbl acing
every thing that is ingenious 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 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 art-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
~. so; on the fourth an honor. And on all art
Giles OF the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 5 will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars-these how
everare 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-
cuiarly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needIe-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 10 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 is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
lOth. The President upon a 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
aIucles 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 enioin |
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may De 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
nave their lists of articles, and the several COM
mittees proceed at 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
erai re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time
lIth. 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.
'Jp. 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 'sltors the opportunity of the accommo-
cations OF the good Hotels at those places while in
| attendance upon the Fair
18th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided