Candler v. Abbott
Sirs: [The death notice of Bishop Warren Akin Candler—brother of the late Coca-Cola king, Asa Griggs Candler—TIME, Oct. 6] reminds me of an incident of the early "Gay Nineties"* in which Dr. Candler figured before he became a bishop, [about the time] Coca-Cola was invented.
Dr. Candler was then in charge of McKendree Chapel, Nashville headquarters of Southern Methodism. Emma Abbott with her opera company had just finished a three nights' engagement at Nashville's Vendome Theater. In his Sunday morning sermon, Dr. Candler attacked the theater in general, and Emma...