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Telfair County

By: Jane H. Walker and Robert E. Herndon

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Telfair County

By: Jane H. Walker and Robert E. Herndon

Creek Indians inhabited land that was to become Telfair County. The early population was made up of settlers of Scottish descent. They had to produce almost everything they used, from food to equipment. Named for Edward Telfair, a two-term governor of Georgia, the county was formed in 1807 from a portion of Wilkinson County. Gradually, several counties were formed from parts of Telfair. Since 1870, Telfair County has kept its current boundaries. The original county seat was located in Jacksonville, about 20 miles south of McRae, Georgia, where it was moved by the legislature in 1871. While Georgia was a hotbed of secession, Telfair County representatives to the Secession Convention in 1861 voted "no" to the resolution, reflecting the sentiment of the county's population. Even though there was strong objection to secession, many Telfair County citizens did their duty and volunteered to serve the Southern cause.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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146711376X

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9781467113762

Gridiron Glory Days

Football at Mercer, 1892-1942

By: Robert E. Wilder

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Gridiron Glory Days

Football at Mercer, 1892-1942

By: Robert E. Wilder

¿The ball was round, the equpiment was homemade, and the rules were uncertain, but that game the boys were playing on the lawn at Mercer University in 1892 was football....¿ Thus begins this colorful history of football at Mercer University, 1892-1942. Mercer had only 179 registered students in 1892 when the first Mercer eleven met the first Georgia eleven on the gridiron in Athens in January 1892, the FIRST college football game in the state of Georgia, and one of the first in the Southeast. College football in 1892 was a far cry from the organized splendor it is today. Uniforms were makeshift, with little or no padding. Players begin growing their ¿helmets¿ or ¿head pads¿ in early summer, and rumor has it that those long, bushy manes prompted Mercer¿s nickname--the Bears. It was a rough-and-tumble, disorganized free-for-all on the 110x53 yard field. Touchdowns counted four points; extra points, two; field goals, five; and safeties, two. But all those interesting facts--and many more--are included in this exciting chronicle. For fifty years Mercer played against the the great (Alabama, Army, Georgia, Florida, and others) and the nearly great (Savannah Library Association, Locust Grove Institute, North Georgia Aggies). Alas, college football eventually became a big (and expensive) business, and with the US facing world war, the last Mercer team was fielded in 1941. But, beginning in Fall 2013, the Mercer Bears will once again take the field following a seventy-year hiatus. This time, however, the helmets are much improved.

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Mercer University Press

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0881462675

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9780881462678

A People’s Movement

How a team of state and local leaders mobilized the grassroots, transformed public education, and lived to tell the tale—and how you can, too

By: Robert Saffold

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A People’s Movement

How a team of state and local leaders mobilized the grassroots, transformed public education, and lived to tell the tale—and how you can, too

By: Robert Saffold

The passage of the Education Improvement Act (EIA) of 1984 was transformational for the state of South Carolina. The Act sought to address growing concerns about the state’s lagging economic competitiveness and its long record of low academic achievement among students from underserved communities. To address these challenges, a cross-sector coalition led by then Governor Richard W. Riley successfully made the public case for bold, comprehensive, and rapid reform. How did they do it? How did passage of the EIA become a people’s movement? A People’s Movement to take a fresh look at the EIA — and in the process discovered that the “playbook” used by Governor Riley and his leadership team in the early 1980s remains relevant today.

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The Riley Institute at Furman University

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0578358565

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9780578358567

The Theory of Information and Coding

A Mathematical Framework for Communication

By: Robert J. McEliece

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The Theory of Information and Coding

A Mathematical Framework for Communication

By: Robert J. McEliece

This is a self-contained introduction to the theory of information and coding. It can be used either for self-study or as the basis for a course at either the graduate or ,undergraduate level. The text includes dozens of worked examples and several hundred problems for solution.

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Westview Press

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0201135027

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9780201135022

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Telfair County

Telfair County

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Gridiron Glory Days

A People’s Movement

A People’s Movement

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The Theory of Information and Coding

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