Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

Manchester, the Logical
County Seat-County Will
Have 10000 Population;
81, 100000 Taxable Values;
Area Over 222 Square
Miles.
The people situated in the
southeastern portion of Mer-
iwether, northern portion of
Talbot and northeastern
portion of Harris Counties
will petition the 1913 SEES
sion of the Legislature to
create a new county to be
named Warner, in honor Of
the late Chief Justice Hiram
Warner, the area Of which
will be 222 square miles,
while the area of the old
counties after the proposed
county of Warner is created
will not be materially re-
duced, but will leave them
among the larger counties of
Middle Georgia, and Meri-
wether will then contain 421
square miles; Harris, 465
square miles, and Talbot,
800 square miles. The ter
ritory to compose Warner
County is inaccessible to
either of the present county
sites by railroads and in
transacting legal business
the citizens are required to
go this distance by private
conveyance over mountain
Gus roads, which in rainy
seasons are almost impas-
sable; while a very large
portion of the population
has no means of conveyance
and are forced to a great
expense in reaching the
present county sites.
Taxable Values of New
County.
The proposed county Of
Warner will have taxable
values of one and three
quarter million dollars. This
will leave Meriwether tax
able values of about twice
the amount of Warner Coun-
ty; while Harris and Talbot,
from which counties small
values will be taken, will not
be materially reduced, but
have considerably more
wealth than Warner and no
incorporated town is to be
taken from either Talbot or
Harris and but a few miles
of railroad.
The population of Warner
County will be upward of
10,500, Of which more than
1000 live in Manchester,
the proposed county seat. At
least 5000 of those living
within the country territory
closely adjoining Manches-
ter have to travel IA to 20
miles to their present re-
spective county sites. War
ner County would exceed in
population 80 counties in the
State.
Roads and Bridges.
Warner County as proposed will
take from the three affected
counties its proportion Of roads
and bridges as compared to its
area and wealth, while the roads
and bridges in this territory have
received but little attention, as
the taxes collected by the old
counties have been spent on 9TH
er roads and bridges nearer the
present county sites, and other
sections of the counties, since
this territory occupies the re
mote corners" consequently has
had little influence in securing
road improvements.
Warner County, as proposed
viii include Gill, Chalybeate.
First. Raleigh, Bullochville and
parts of the Third, Harris and
lower Ninth Districts of Meri-
wether County; portions of VAL
ley Plains District Of Harris
County and Flint Hill and parts
of Pleasant Hill and Valley dis
tricts Of Talbot County.
The distance from Manchester.
the proposed county site of War
ner County, TO Greenville, the
county site Of Merlwether, over
public roads Is IS miles; to Ham
ilton, the county site of Harris,
20 miles, and to TalbottOn, the
county site of Talbot, 20 miles.
No citizen living in the proposed
county would be required to trav-