Excerpt from Men of Mark in Georgia, Vol. 2: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State From Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development There were no telephones, no automobiles, but few railroads, and these late in the period. The sending of a telegram was a serious matter. Street cars in the towns were unknown. Peo ple trusted their own legs for short distances, and their faithful horses for long ones. Newspapers were comparatively few, but those existing wielded tremendous influence. Books were scarce, high in price, and thoroughly well read. Public schools had no existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.