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Almost the antithesis and often the bland antagonist of Bishop Cannon is Bishop Warren Akin Candler of Atlanta, an M-E of the old school, a believer in the status quo, in worship before works, in conservatism. Bishop Candler is, of course, a Dry. His brother, the late Asa Griggs Candler, made a fortune giving the South a substitute for mint juleps and white mule. The substitute was "Coca Cola" and a far greater power for temperance it was -if you should ask Bishop Candler-than ten thousand sermons or revivals. Bishop Candler is for churchmen sticking to church matters...
...ELMER CANDLER...
...given a million dollars, an old man lay dying. The press took note of his impending demise. He was the president of a famous soft drink company. Very well, he must have a rags-to-riches obituary. So the papers watched for the passing of Asa Griggs Candler, Coca-Cola king...
...father was a member of the legislature of South Carolina, and fought in the Indian War of 1836. His great-grandfather came to the colonies from Dublin when he was a child and lived to command a regiment in the Revolution. Asa Griggs Candler, born too late for Indians and Redcoats, began his business career in the drugstore of Best & Kirkpatrick in Carters- ville. Ga. He had almost no money. His family was indifferent to money. Let a man be honest-shrewdness was unnecessary. It was about 1887 that he sold in his store (he had started a little dispensary...
...Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta: "Evangelistic Christianity is the surety of our country and the hope of the world...