The Radius of Distribution.
Atlanta’s advantages as a distributing point are shown by the central location with reference to Southeastern towns. There are seventy-nine towns of exceeding 4,000 population in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The average distances of these towns by States from Atlanta, Savannah and Nashville are as follows:
| ATLANTA | SAVANNAH | NASHVILLE | ||||
| Alabama | 195 miles | 419 miles | 269 miles | |||
| North Carolina | 400 miles | 352 miles | 629 miles | |||
| South Carolina | 239 miles | 193 miles | 526 miles | |||
| Georgia | 147 miles | 233 miles | 386 miles | |||
| Mississippi | 423 miles | 606 miles | 440 miles | |||
| ———— | ———— | ———— | ||||
| 1,404 miles | 1,803 miles | 2,250 miles | ||||
| Average distance of towns in five States | 280.8 miles | 360.6 miles | 450 miles |
COURT HOUSE—FROM THE SOUTH.