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During this time, a [[non-alcoholic beverage]], first introduced in 1886, gained in popularity. In 1886, when Atlanta and [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] passed [[prohibition]] legislation, pharmacist [[John Pemberton]] responded by developing [[Coca-Cola]]. It was essentially a non-alcoholic version of the popular [[French wine coca]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Hayes |title=Coca-Cola Television Advertisements: Dr. John S. Pemberton |url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colainvnt.html |publisher=Nation's Restaurant News |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/5QDrW0ih9?url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colainvnt.html |archivedate=July 10, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

The first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in [[Atlanta]], on May 8, 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/the-chronicle-of-coca-cola-birth-of-a-refreshing-idea#TCCC |title=The Chronicle Of Coca-Cola |accessdate=2007-11-28 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5msXBI0mb?url=http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea.html |archivedate=January 18, 2010 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> It was initially sold as a patent medicine for [[Cent (currency)|five cents]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2165787/ |title=The Mystery of the 5-Cent Coca-Cola: Why it's so hard for companies to raise prices |first=Tim |last=Harford |publisher=Slate |date=May 11, 2007 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/5QDrW0o9d?url=http://www.slate.com/id/2165787/ |archivedate=July 10, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> a glass at [[soda fountain]]s, which were popular in the United States at the time due to the belief that [[carbonated water]] was good for the health.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colatime1.html |title=Themes for Coca-Cola Advertising (1886–1999) |accessdate=2007-02-11 |archiveurl=httphttps://www.webcitation.org/5msXBPJgs?url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colatime1.html |archivedate=January 18, 2010 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref>Numan V. Bartley, ''Creation of Modern Georgia'' (1983) pp 118-20, 153-4</ref> In 1887, [[Asa Griggs Candler]] bought the cola company from Pemberton, and with aggressive regional, national and international marketing turned it into one of the largest and most profitable corporations in the New South.<ref>[[Mark Pendergrast]], ''For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It'' (2nd ed. 2000)</ref> Candler was later elected Mayor of Atlanta, taking office immediately after the passage of Georgia's state-wide prohibition law of 1915. He served from 1916-1919. Atlanta's first airport, [[Candler Field]] was named in his honor. Candler Field was subsequently renamed [[Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport]].

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051204210327/http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-jan.htm "This Day in Georgia History"]

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