The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-21

4 no Committee charged with the duty of pres
| oroing such general rules US they may deem ne
cessary 10 aproper management of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGUL ATOMS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
lnue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
srape that all persons having articles for exhibi-
.,on' shall be on the ground early Friday or
saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready 10 receive them.
20. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IA all cases, become responsible for the
"a articles which may be placed in the hands Of lis
ehcers and committees, the owner taking cheek
ior 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.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W. .
Lewis, WIN. Ezzard, and James NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition, sha have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdcnce-and price, iffor sale--givng
10 the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
ned 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
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
ath There win 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, il Machine, a statement
Of is powers and uses cost, tine ofinvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii horticultural or Agricultural Products.
mode OF preparation of land and SOIL manure and
time fplanting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &C. II
Needle or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length OF time bestowed on it, or the amount Of
labor; the age il by children or 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, aud in style fiji at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and cnioined 10 make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements IN farming, tiIlage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been OF are in progress of being
adopted. The leading products Of their countless
the modes OF preparation. time fplaniing and mod
or 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 amount of valuable |
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
Southern Agricultural and NJ .nuiacurers 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.
It'll. Premiums.-lt is impossible to name il a no
ce like this all, the various articles to which pre-
mums VIII be granted. However commemorative |
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 ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat Il IS Intended To give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope emnr acing
svery 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 on this point perhaps
Is, that on all articles of the highest merit in the
department Of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Inn |
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
In any of the departments, a premium of a cup
worth III will be given; on the second beat arti-
cles cup orth : > 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 deuart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best ,. 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
evcrsre 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, needle-work &c. They
are cordially invited TO attend Their assistance
In many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary 10 proper management
9Th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce ussto invite and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many Of our fellow
citizens OF Carolina Alabama Tennessee and Flo
Iida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
THIS institution indeed, what in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association
10Th. The President upon q consultation with
such members as he call his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and TO these committees so appointed
Inc committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
A. ucles cassed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection Of this
arrangement the committee appointed to publish
,nese regulations, viii here repeat, and enjoin
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 20 that when
me president shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee OF reception nav
nave their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mittees proceed at once to the examination of arti
eles, 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-delivery Of articles The exhibition con-
tlnuing the whole time
. 18th. Any alterations Of or additions 10. the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th. The annual Grafton will he made on
w ednesday, 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 Kallroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
oriihn. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
10 CIV flsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
datons OF the good Hotels those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
IAN. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged i'm tho labnrious .,,ts,neas Of