The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-14
sOUTHERN CENTRAL


annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia ns rs.
The COMMITTEES charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 aproper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS. va.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de.
srable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on tho ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
ID. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the safe-kecping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
ofhcers and committees, (the 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 9isi4y fsii aal alHe.1t3D az
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W..
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall b. TO
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition, shall have first been eneredin The Secretary
book or registry--then labelled tn the owners
name and residei ce-and price, iffor sale-givng
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged BY departments and in such order
as to facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
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the projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling of articles. ftf e.it srfrf X,
| 4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
| exhibition-,he 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,
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age mode Of raising, &C. 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 &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-.
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
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5th The delegations of the seryeral 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 inn
| provements 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 Of preparation. time ofpanting 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 an amount of valuable
information 10 lie sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society. " tsf1'a3 elii ns tlPfn
| 9Th 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultur andMs nufacturersE Exchange
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.
| 7th Premiums.-H is impossible to name in no
tce 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 fall articles unannounccd,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action Of
the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or useful in business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
H. that all articles of the highest merit in the
i department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
4 plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth III will be gwen; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
4 2. So on the fourth an honor. And on all arti.
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
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 10 three dollars-these, how
ever general regulations, and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
4 permitted indeed requested, TO vary the rule.
| Sth. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
Il fr,,ttc tpttp "a Tha
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
ces.ary to proper management
9th. The facilities Of getting TO thi, 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 utural Association.
10th. The President upon q consultation with
such members he call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdriments, and to these committees appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
Articles classcd and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, win hire repeat, and enjon
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
the President shall appoint bis 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
Giles, 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
tinuing the whole time.
1lth. Any alterations of or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week 81 i91 :.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of sommittees
by Col. John Billmps, 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 give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
, attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
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