john pemberton was a doctor in 1886 and he patented it and then candler bought it from him and it justrted to grow, year by year, all over atlanta. foundlings was a popular thing for a lot of people. especially the young folks. thomas and a friend of his started thinking that they might go to atlanta and see if they could meet him. they took the train to atlanta in 1899 and met with them and according to some of the things that they said, it looks like they ran a couple of times. their idea of him is that we would like to bottle your drink and get it sold around the country. chandler was a tough nut to crack. he was skeptical about the possibilities for really two reasons. he was worried about the quality of the product and bottling was still -- there were still problems with bottling keeping things fresh and bottles. of course, this is a carbonated drink. he was also worried about these two men. i believe that he was in his 30s by then. he wasn't totally convinced that he had the ability to pull it off. and he didn't want to be a failure on the part of this company. at any rate, he ga