The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-03
SOUTHERN GEN 4 RIA l.
4 rntnyrI TIIRAI ASSOClATiON


The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening. II IS therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles Tor exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
ID. The Association has an ample iund, ana WIZ,
in all cases become responsible for the saie-keepng
oil articles which may be placed in the hands OF ITS
officers and committees, Che owner taking check
for the same) until the close OF The Far, 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, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty IL shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exh-
iton, sha have first been eneredn the Secrelarys
book registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, if for sale--givlng
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fled 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 Tor
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
exhbton--ihe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, 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 ofcultvaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising, &c If
Needie-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length of time bestowed on il, 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.
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties 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, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes of preparation. time 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 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and MsnufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have 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. Sit is impossible to name in no
ce 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 ii, 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, hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widestsseope, embr AGING
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, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
cles of the highest merit in thsremaining depar.
ments cup worth 4 5 will be gwen on the second
best 2. so; on the third honor; on the fourth
Cd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dollars-these how
ever,are 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 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 tits in name, Southern
| Central Agrc ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members 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
articles classeC and arranged in their respective
| departments Ill 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 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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition CON
| tinuing the whole time.
18th. 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 on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col John Billups 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 CIV ilsltors 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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