The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-11

during the week embracing wednesday, the lc.,i
day Of August next, which is the day OF the NTH
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribng such general rules as 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 DC
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening. IL IS there'ort ue
srable that all persons having arucies 10, eHhip'
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August wheh oon-
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
Cd The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the safe-keePng
OF articles which may be placed IN The hands OF It's
officers and committees, the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close oil the ar, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity to recover their goods, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment oil the
| Association.
3d. Max A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w
| Lewis, VIM. EZZard, and James Nj Calhouh, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exh-
ition shall have first been cnteredn the Secretarys
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, flor salc---givlng
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed 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
! exhlbtiOn-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofnyention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode of cultvaton. If an Animal
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising, SC. 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
the 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
| press.
5th The delegations of the several county Socie-
ties are requested and en- Joined to make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
| Agriculture in their several countless of the i'm
provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
|
| 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 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 andM snufacturersEx 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.
7th. Premiums.--It 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, hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope embr acing
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-
cles cup worth vs. will be given on the third best
80. 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 9. SO on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doI.ars-thesc, 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 hail will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
VnyVprS M la O..
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
III 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-
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 ultural Association
lOth. 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-
ptfrtments and to these committees so APPOINTED
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles ciasseG 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 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 his 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 art;
:, Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
- reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
. Thursday vii! be devoted to ssles--Friday to gen
erai re-delvery of articles. The exhibition con
tnuing the whole time
ilth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
e foregoing rules, will be published Atlanta early
l. Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th 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
i making arrangements with the Macon State and
n Georgia Railroads., to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
>. Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
|, to CIV hsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations OF the good Hotels al those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
III l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,