The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-29
SOUTHERN CENT RAJ
AnuurUrI TrJRAI1 ASSOCl ALTON.


annual meeting al Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribng such general rules as they may deem me-
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, ana con
tinue open until Friday evening II IS therefore de
sirable that all persons having articles LOT cxhiDi-
ton, shall be ON the ground AS early as Friday or
Saturday. tho 9Th aud 10th August when Com-
mittce " III he there ready to receive them
"a, The Association has an ample fund, and will,
ia ali eases become responsible for the afe-keeplng
M articles which may be placed IN the nands OF It's
t4..ees~ and committees, the owner taxing check
Cor The samo.l until the close OF the Far, winch
wall be announced beforehand, IN ample time 10
gave saem opportunity TO recover their goods, and
ss prevent thereby the leaving of any goods OF
ssSesAes unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association,
81, Ma,s A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
Lewis, Vim. Exxard, and James NJ Calhoun, are
app~asea committee whose duty 1t SHAH DC 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhl-
lslen saa have first been enteredn the Secretarys
beck or regls,ry--then labelled with the owners
name and rcsidcnce---and price, iffor sale--givng
10 the corresponding Garland then classl-
lied aud arranged by departments and IN such order
as 10 facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall he 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
eXhbtion--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, a 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 of cultivation If an Animal
the pedigree or 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 a 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 are requested and enioined to make out, upon
consultation, report Of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tilage, 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 an amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9Th II 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
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th Premiums. 1t is impossble to name in no
tcc 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-
mums 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 gerry widest'scope, embI acng
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 Us will be given on the third best
80. so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth & S will be given on the second
best q 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
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-
| nttlpr lxr 10 ha xl.xo r.,
| 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 It'll in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
lUth. 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 ofthe
articles classeC and arranged in their respective
departments. Id order to the perfection of this
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
mittees 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 vii! be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
l1th. 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 Blllups, OF Athens, Georgia
i3th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
ueorgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
trim. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
10 g" hsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
daons OF the good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th The citizens of Atlanta have provided