The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-28

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with tho duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
Fair have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST Tho Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening" It IS therefore de
sirable that all persons having articles Tor cxhDi
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.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and Will
in all cases. become responsible for the sae-keepine
oil articles which may be placed in the hands OF iti
officers 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
Sd. Max A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition, shs have first been enteredn the Secretary
book or iegistry-then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, If for sale-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland 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
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.
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, II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, COST time ofinvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
kar in ar A UrIcu
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time ofplanting mode ofcultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree 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 or 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 legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press
5tl The delegations of the serveraI county Soce-
lies arc requested and cnjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
proyements in farming, tIlage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been 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 an amount Of valuable
information to bo sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andM Manufacturers Exc 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 sae and not alone for exhibition for
| a premium.
7th. Premiums. SIT is impossible to name in a 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 unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action OF
| the Association the very widest'scope, embI acine
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 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, a premium of a cur
b
cles cup worth S will be given, on the third best
81 so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth S will be given on the second
best g 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-
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 70 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-.
scnce 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.
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
articles classe6 and arranged in their respective
departments iii order to the perfection of this
arrangement the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enjoir
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 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 art
cles, and thereby have ample time to make theil
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Frday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing 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.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made or
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees
by Col. John Bilups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect o.
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, tc
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to Civ dsitors the opportunity of the accommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
18th The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
and others engaged i'm the aborous business OF