Winder Man Makes One of First Purchases of Alcohol on a Sunday

A Winder man became one of the first people in the state to legally buy alcohol on a Sunday — one of the first in more than a century, according to a story by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Foster Saunders bought an $18 of red wine after from 12:30 to 11:30 p.m. Sundays following the . 

Sunday sales won't be automatically allowed for some local merchants — the AJC reports Braselton is asking businesses to fill out applications and the city of Auburn will charge a $125 annual fee beginning in 2012.

Statewide, residents in 105 cities voted to greenlight the sale or packaged beer and wine on Sundays.

Read Ray Newman's .