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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Asa Candler (1851-1929)
		Asa Griggs Candler, founder of the Coca-Cola Company, was also a banker and real estate developer and was noted for his philanthropy.
		Born in Carroll County in 1851, Candler was one of eleven children of a prosperous merchant and planter.
		Candler's best-known philanthropy was in the form of a personal check for $1 million, donated to defray the costs of establishing Emory University in Atlanta as a Southern Methodist institution.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-633 (717 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Warren Akin Candler (1857-1941)
		Warren Akin Candler was the tenth of eleven children born to Samuel Candler, a prosperous Villa Rica merchant and planter, and his wife, Martha Bernetta Beall.
		Asa Candler wrote a check for $1 million to defray expenses of moving Emory's headquarters from Oxford to acreage he donated in his Druid Hills development in the eastern suburbs of Atlanta.
		Candler continued to write and announced his intention to "preach until I die." He received many honors and gestures of public affection, including the gift of a Franklin sedan.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-754 (847 words)

	Asa Griggs Candler -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Candler was born in (additional info and facts about Villa Rica, Georgia) Villa Rica, Georgia.
		Candler made millions of dollars from his investment and became a major philanthropist for the (A Protestant denomination founded on the principles of John Wesley and Charles Wesley) Methodist Church.
		Candler suffered a ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) stroke in 1926 and died March 12, 1929.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/asa_griggs_candler.htm (331 words)

	God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
		Asa was the eighth of eleven children born to Samuel and Martha Candler in 1851 in the hills of Carroll County, Georgia.
		At the risk of belaboring the obvious, the Methodist Church of the late nineteenth century in rural Georgia was arguably as conservative, straight-laced, and evangelical as the modern Methodist Church is liberal and leaning in the direction of a host of radical causes.
		Candler developed a great personal interest in skyscrapers and thus urban real estate, and ultimately owned a number of these towering structures in many of the leading cities of America.
	www.eh.net /bookreviews/library/0583.shtml (1041 words)

	Callanwolde Fine Arts Center \| The Candler Family \| Virtual Tour of Historic Property in Atlanta, Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Howard Candler was the oldest son of Asa Griggs Candler (1851 - 1929), the Atlanta pharmacist who, in 1891 purchased the rights to the formula for Coca-Cola, which had been developed by another Atlanta pharmacist, John S. Pemberton, in 1886 as a tonic for most common ailments.
		Candler family lore holds that William Candler of Newcastle-upon-Tyne served as an officer in Cromwell's Army during the Irish Rebellion of the mid-17th century.
		Candler served in Sir Hardress Waller's Regiment and after the end of the campaign was elevated to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel for "meritorious conduct in the field" by a grateful Cromwell and Parliament and granted lands in the Barony of Callan, County Kilkenny.
	www.callanwolde.org /tour/history_candler.html (626 words)

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		Asa also had the cocaine removed from Coca-Cola (around 1903) when it became clear that cocaine was an addictive drug and not as harmless as earlier drug journals had indicated.
		In 1916 Asa Candler was elected Mayor of Atlanta, but the most devastating complication for Asa Candler was the fact that his beloved wife Lizzie was dying of breast cancer.
		Asa wanted to keep his version of Coca-Cola completely secret, and he created a system whereby the ingredients were stripped of all labeling, and were referred to by numbers 1 through 9.
	home.planet.nl /~leonkors/verhaal2.htm (4124 words)

	Candler Building--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Candler came to Atlanta in 1873 and his work as a wholesale druggist led to his acquaintance with the original developer of the Coca-Cola formula, Dr. Pemberton, and the druggists who sold the drink.
		Asa Candler originally lived in Inman Park but moved to Druid Hills in 1916, the year he became mayor.
		Candler selected architects George E. Murphy and George Stewart, but was involved with many of the construction and design decisions, such as the selection of the snow-white Amicalola marble that sheaths the building's exterior.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/can.htm (503 words)

	City of Atlanta Online
		An excellent example of the early twentieth century approach to developing a "building as a monument," the Candler Building is significant in the field of architecture for its sense of completeness as a business structure, and in the field of art and sculpture for its elaborateness of detail.
		Its luxuriousness is well-exhibited on the exterior of the building, which in a manner typical of the era in which it was built, is divided into three distinct parts: a two-story base, a twelve-story shaft, and a three-story capital with large overhanging cornice.
		Asa Candler originally lived in Inman Park where, in 1898, he donated land to the Inman Park Methodist Church.
	www.atlantaga.gov /government/urbandesign_candlerbldg.aspx (1864 words)

	asa_and_coke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Asa Candler heard about the drink and bought the recipe for $2,300 thinking he could build the business so he could make a reasonable profit.
		Asa refused the offer because he wanted to give his company to his children not some people off the street, and on Christmas 1917 he did.
		Asa was not told any of this and read about all of it in the newspaper.
	www.promotega.org /fdr05008/asa_and_coke.htm (280 words)

	Public Broadcasting Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Candler was a man in the right place at the right time and with the right strategy to make a fortune.
		Asa Candler’s gift of $1 million and 75 acres in Druid Hills enabled the Methodist church to move Emory University from Oxford, Georgia to its current home in Atlanta.
		Candler saw his personal wealth as a divine trust to be used to the benefit of humanity.
	www.pba.org /history/asa_candler.html (711 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Cokelore (Cocaine-Cola)
		The first stirrings of a national debate had begun over the negative aspects of cocaine, and manufacturers were growing defensive over charges that use of their products might lead to "cocainism" or the "cocaine habit".
		The full-throated fury against cocaine was still a few years off, and Candler and Robinson were anxious to continue promoting the supposed benefits of the coca leaf, but there was no reason to risk putting more than a tiny bit of coca extract in their syrup.
		Candler believed that his product's name had to be descriptive, and that he must have at least some by-product of the coca leaf in the syrup (along with some kola) to protect his right to the name
	www.snopes.com /cokelore/cocaine.asp (495 words)

	The History of Candler Park, Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the early 1920's Candler Park was graded to its present level, destroying the houses and forcing the families to relocate.
		Candler Park retains many of the characteristics that made it popular at the turn of the century, including the small business districts catering to the neighborhood and easy access to downtown.
		Intown neighborhoods such as Candler Park continue to see a resurgence of popularity as commuting problems to downtown increase, but these could be offset by the looming increase in sewer fees to pay for years of neglect.
	www.candlerpark.org /ginfo/history.html (352 words)

	Asa Griggs Chandler
		Candler sold Coca-Cola to a group of investors in 1919, but continued to hold a sizable amount of stock.
		Candler Park, first a green area, now used to describe the Edgewood section of Atlanta, is named in his honor.
		Candler Field continued to serve as Atlanta's airport until 1961, when it was renamed Hartsfield International.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/459 (239 words)

	Candler Park Neighborhood Survey
		In the early 1920’s Candler Park was graded to its present level, destroying many of the houses in the actual park.
		One of the reasons many residents of Candler Park choose to live in the neighborhood is because of the ability to walk to activities.
		Candler Park Festival – The Candler Park Festival is an important opportunity for the neighborhood to both develop revenues and to provide a fun outdoor event for Candler Park and nearby neighborhood families.
	www.candlerpark.org /community_plan/cpplan2000.htm (1908 words)

	Spotlight on Golden Age Advertising - Coca Cola: The Formula
		Asa Griggs Candler subsequently purchased the formula and Brand for between $1,750 and $2300, depending on which account you believe.
		Asa Candler, while primarily a gifted, highly successful, and very wealthy businessman, was also a staunch Methodist.
		So it was, that between 1903 and 1929 Asa Candler and The Coca-Cola Company simply held it's corporate nose, reducing the coca leaf content to the absolute minimum necessary to preseve the unique taste of Merchandise 7X's flavor, while denaturing the level of cocaine in the resulting formula to almost impreceptible levels.
	www.digitaldeliftp.com /LookAround/advertspot_cocacola2.htm (1509 words)

	Encyclopedia: Asa Griggs Candler
		Candler Field at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is named after him.
		December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining.
		Emory's School of Theology is named in honor of him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Asa-Griggs-Candler (811 words)

	Department of Medicine: School of Medicine: Emory University
		The name of Candler appears early in this story because members of the Candler family became deeply involved in the development of all that is Emory.
		The trustees of Emory College at Oxford, undoubtedly influenced by the Candlers, indicated to the members of the Educational Commission that they were prepared to work with them to achieve their goal.
		Asa Griggs Candler gave $1,000,000 to create the university and wrote: 'I do not seek a sectarian end.' He hoped the new university would 'benefit the people of my section and country without regard to denominational lines.'1
	medicine.emory.edu /hurst_history.cfm (2112 words)

	New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America
		Asa Griggs Candler was profoundly devoted to the Methodist Church.
		The reasons for Candler's point of view are not known precisely; perhaps, having been a druggist all his life, he naturally thought in terms of the rest, refreshment, and camaraderie of the soda fountain.
		In 1892, Asa Candler had noted in his annual report that "We have done very considerable advertising in territory which has not as yet yielded any returns." But even during those years in which Candler "would be grateful if we could only claim solvency," he was willing to wait.
	www.businessweek.com /chapter/tedlow.htm (17470 words)

	International Social Science Review: Kemp, Kathryn W. God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola - Book Review
		Asa Candler (1851-1929), son of a prosperous farmer in North Georgia, was, at different times, a sheriff, state representative, judge, mayor, and successful businessman.
		Candler was raised a country boy, early learning the value of hard work.
		Kemp notes that Candler's "Southern Methodist belief acquired in his youth dominated his life's choices: what he did with his money, how he functioned as a citizen, how he related to other people in his world" (p.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IMR/is_1-2_78/ai_106558990 (646 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Coca-Cola
		Fellow pharmacist Asa Candler bought the rights to Coke in 1888, and he would begin to push the drink to successful heights.
		Candler followed the slight formula switch with an advertising campaign emphasizing the purity of the drink.
		Candler turned the company over to his sons who would in turn eventually sell it to Ernest Woodruff.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100263 (1025 words)

	Coca-Cola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Asa Griggs Candler acquired a stake in Pemberton's company in 1887 and incorporated it as the Coca Cola Company in 1888.
		In 1892, Candler incorporated a second company, The Coca-Cola Company (the current corporation), and in 1910 Candler had the earliest records of the company burned, further obscuring its legal origins.
		Asa Candler was tentative about bottling the drink, but the two entrepreneurs who proposed the idea were so persuasive that Candler signed a contract giving them control of the procedure.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Coca-Cola.htm (3265 words)

	Coca-Cola Television Advertisements:Dr. John S. Pemberton
		Asa Candler, who, according to King, had worked for Pemberton as early as 1872, wound up, after a series of transactions, controlling the company within a short time of Pemberton's death.
		Charles Candler relates that one of his father's first missions was to change the original Pemberton formula in order "to improve the taste of the product, to ensure its uniformity and its stability."
		Atlanta druggists--Asa Candler among them--closed their stores on the day of Pemberton's funeral "and attended the services in mass as a tribute of respect," according to newspaper records from that era.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/ccmphtml/colainvnt.html (1165 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Cokelore (Bottle It!)
		Sam Dobbs, nephew of Asa Candler (who bought up the rights to Coca-Cola in 1888), got himself in trouble with his uncle by secretly vending bottles of the soft drink syrup to entrepreneurs manning back-alley bottling machines.
		Ergo, legend to the contrary, Asa Candler (who was Coca-Cola back in those early days) gained the "Bottle it" advice not from a mysterious stranger who struck a hard bargain in exchange for the intelligence, but for free from his
		Candler chose not to immediately implement the suggestion, though, which perhaps contributes to belief in the legend.
	www.snopes.com /cokelore/bottleit.asp (834 words)

	Atlanta's first airport - Candler Field
		Candler Field was named for Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler, who owned the property on which the oval racetrack was built.
		In 1925 the city leases Candler Field, rent free for five years, and a new race is on -- for the lucrative air mail route contracts then being given out by the United States Postal Service.
		Candler Field would be renamed in his honor.
	ngeorgia.com /feature/airmail.html (898 words)

	Term Papers On Wealth, Research Papers, Essays
		In many ways, the Asa Candler family of the Coca-Cola dynasty was a typical American family of the Gilded Age.
		According to God's Capitalist-Asa Candler of Coca-Cola by Kathryn W. Kemp, Asa Candler and his family pursued their industrial wealth not simply out of a desire for profit but out of a kind of moral elitism.
		Candler stressed that his family and business was better than the ordinary folk and the...
	www.essaysportal.com /essay/wealth.html (213 words)

	ASA GRIGGS CANDLER
		When I was a little girl residing in Candler Park, where the Candler mansion stood (Elizabeth Street), coca cola had as an ingredient, cocaine, which was removed during the 1940's.
		Glenn at 683 Edgewood Avenue by Bishop W. Candler on 12/3/1903, in presence of W. Glenn.
		In 1916, Asa G. Candler resigned the presidency of the company to run for Mayor of Atlanta.
	www.genealogy-books.com /candler.html (745 words)

	Asa Griggs Candler - People of Georgia
		sa Griggs Candler was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on December 30, 1851.
		The Civil War was being fought during some of Candler's youthful days, and is one of the reasons that he had sporadic schooling.
		sa Griggs Candler amassed a very sizeable fortune over his lifetime, and in his later years, until his death in 1929, he devoted much of his time and energy to philanthropy.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ga_agc.htm (295 words)

	Druid Hills Neighborhood
		Asa Candler had made his fortune from Coca-Cola.
		Asa Candler persuaded Georgia Power to extend the streetcar line to the Druid Hills Golf Club by providing financial backing.
		Asa Candler headed the Druid Hills corporation and guided the community into an exclusive residential area.
	www.dekalb.k12.ga.us /~druidhills/neighborhood/neighborhood.html (1285 words)

	DaClassic1's Coca-Cola Collector's Back Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Asa Candler buys out partners and becomes sole proprietor of Asa Candler and Company.
		Asa Candler establishes a separate sales department headed by his nephew, Samuel C. Dobbs.
		Asa Candler retires as president to seek position as mayor of Atlanta.
	members.aol.com /daclassic1/collct5.htm (1246 words)

	Emory and Coca-Cola
		The Emory connection began with Asa Griggs Candler, an Atlanta pharmacist who secured complete ownership of the business by 1891 for a total cash outlay of $2,300 and the exchange of some proprietary rights.
		He was a longtime member of Emory’s Board of Trustees, and his brother Warren Candler was a president of Emory College and the first chancellor of Emory University.
		It was purchased from the Candler family in 1958.
	www.emory.edu /ADMISSIONS/about/coca-cola.htm (374 words)

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