The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-20
sOII THERN cENTHAh
~ ,s,,,nA +. ASSOCIATION.

Jnrnr the week embracing wednesday, . sf,h
day 81 August next, which Is the "aI u "''
.nvual ,neetinr at Atlanta Georgia
T,1a Gomniftee charged with the duty OF pres
cr;hng such general rules as they may deem ne
~,assarS IN proper management OF the approaching
VAR have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS. u
LAT The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIZ 30
opened for visitors on Monday morning, anu AZ Jn
tinue open until Friday evening IL Is uiete'olI
s;rable that all persons having articles i9r enhIo
ton s,,aII be on the ground as early ~ roay VI
SATURDAY. the 9th and 10th August when oom-
mittee will be there ready TO receive mem. IN
Cd. The Association has an ample iaha, anu VIZ,
in all cases, become Responsible LOT .ie
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF IT'S
officers and committees, (the owner taking check
for the sans, ) until the close of the Far, when
will, he announced beforehand, in ample time 70
give them opportunity to recover their goods anu
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any gooas vi
articles unprotected after the adjournment o' uio
Association. :aw
Sd. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, Dayid W,
Jsw;s VIM. Ezzard. and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall 90 70 see
that ali articles entering the fair grounds ior cxh
itiop. shs have first been enteredin the secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, iffor saie-gsihs
to the owner corresponding caro-ano ulon oIaso'
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several commiees
on premiums and also to employ such police ana
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary Tor
the projection of the grounds and buildings, ana
such clerks AZ 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
exhibtion-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses COST time OF invention, ana
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 ofcultivation. II an Animal
the pedigree or 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 legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the servera county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consulatiOn, 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 countless
the modes 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 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
neutrality-suspicious. andM MISUNDERSTANDING
We request individuals who have a surplus of
~. out.n tnor x1r rIrnA lNr~ e
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
18th. Premiums.--It is impossble to name in no.
tice like this all the various articles TO which pre-
mums 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-
ums for particular articles might be construed by
somento 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, 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 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
y 2. so on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth 8 5 will be given on the second
best S 9. SO on the third an honor; ON the fourth
Cd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles
premiums from one 10 three dollars-these, how
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, needIe-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 10 this central
point induce ussto 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 Agric 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 classeG and arranged in their respective
departments. Ih order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enion
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 perception may
have their lists Of articles, anu 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 meetins on Wednesday,
Thursday will be devoted to sales rlayt to gem
eral re-delivery of articles. The ~ ,lyitcu con-
tinuing the whole time
llth., Any alterations of, or al hti,a t.. he
foregoing rules, will be published at A,,, 4, y
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual Grafton will be ny,
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversarymn g,
by Col. John Biliups. Of Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation carr
early every morning and late in the afternoon, Il
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to Civ isitors the opportunity of the accommo
dationA ofthe good Hotels at those places while il
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable OuarterA for Comm IN nd OA, ers