The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-28


The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Willie
opened for visitors ON Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles LOT exhlpi-
tiOn shall be on the ground as early as FRIDAY OF
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mttee will be there ready to receive them. =,
| I'd. The Association has an ample Iunu ana WILL
in all cases become responsible for the aiekecpng
oil articles which may be placed in the hands OF ITS
officers and committees, the owner taxing 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, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF The
! Association.
3d. MAX A. Cooper, Richard Peters David W.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard, and James NJ Calhoun are
appointed a committee whose duty it shall be 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhl
ition, sha have first been eneredln the Secretary
book or legistry-then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, lffor sale-giVhg
to the owner corresponding card-and then classi-
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, il Machine, q statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor
maker. lie Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time ofplanting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising &c. IL
Needle work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length OF time bestowed on 1t, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children 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 egiblc hand and in style fit at once for the
press.
9Th. The delegations of the serveral county Soce-
ties arc requested and enjoncd 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 or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their ccntiees
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 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 manufacturers 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 alone for exhibition for
| a premium.
| 7th Premiums. 1T is impossible to name in no
ce like this ALI 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 il, and vet 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 or useful IN business
or art All then. with whatever they have for sa lie
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary 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 y 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth US will be given, on the third best
| 50. so on the fourth all honor And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given; on the second
best ; g SO on the third an honor on the fourth
! I'd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles
premiums from one 10 three doars-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
| arR ~ n To off thn:c
in many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
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
rlda. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it is in NAME Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association
iUth. 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 classec 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 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, 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 on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-devery of articles. The exhibition CON
tinung the whole time.
llth Any alterations of, or additions To-, the
foregoing rules, will be published at AtIanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
ed he 1uU IF tho A
immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
9th The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV iisiors the opportunity of the accommo-
cations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the aborious business Of
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