The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-18
UTHERN CEN RAJ
a nntrrrrTITR ASSOCIATION.

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day of August next which is the day OF the nun
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
oribing such general rules as they may deem ne
| cessary 10 aproper management OF the approaching
| Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII oe
/ openedfor visitors on Monday morning. ana con
tinue open until Friday evening II IS hereiore ae
srable that all persons having ARTICLES LOT eAhio
ton, shall be on the ground as early as fioay OF
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August wheh Com-
mittee will be there ready TO receive lhem
ID The Association has ample fund, ana Will
in all cases. become responsible Tor ihe sale-keepns
OF articles which may be placed IN the hahds OF IT'S
officers and committees, (the owner taking cneck
for the same) until the close OF the faif, whicb
will be announced beforehand, IN ample Tune 10
give them opportunity to recover their goods, and
| to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment oil lhe
Association. 80.
Sd. Mar A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty II shall be 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exh-
ition sha have first been enteredin the Secretary
book or regstry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iifor saie-gNihg
to the owner a corresponding Garland theh classE
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such oruef
as to facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, shall be necessary Tor
the projection of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
| and labelling OF articles.
y Attn 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, if Machine, statement
of is powers and uses cost time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
| | lnrA Itttrn d,t.fa
| mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultiyation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode OF raising, &c. II
| Neede-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 orvery old persons
tie value uses, &C. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information 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 tit at once for the
| press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enloned 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 o 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 scrveral county
societies would make up an 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
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Manufacturers 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
10, e
a premium.
7th. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in a no
tice like this ali, the various articles to which pre-
NUNS 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 il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
/ observe, hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdest'scope, embracing
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 arti-
ces cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
: 2 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
{ mens cup worth IS will be given; on the second
: best 9. SO on the third an honor; on the fourth
: I'd honor. On MINER and scellaneous articles
e premiums from one TO three dolars-these how
ever,are general regulations, and in particular case
= or cases OF peculiar merit the committees will be
e permitted, indeed are requested to vary the rule
Sth A hall will be prepared and assigned part-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
G fr,t.fp Hr,rr H.
=, are cordially invited to attend Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
E cessary to proper management
9Th The facilities of getting 70 this centra
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
I, 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, whatiti in name, Southern
, Central Agric utural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation witt
such members as he call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them Retrospective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles casseo and arranged in their respective
departments order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and enon
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 arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
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.
18th. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
: Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual 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
q Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
, to Civ, nsitors 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