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Confusing feud fizzled as booze sales approved
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In Hall County’s pioneer days, alcoholic spirits were pretty much unregulated. Saloons and bars were common in Gainesville as it developed from a back-country crossroads into somewhat of a village. Along the way, however, booze was outlawed, and the only strong drink you could get trickled out of stills hidden in the thick forests and along streams.