tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610556516641268883.post8343554844089481274..comments2024-03-03T09:34:12.408-05:00Comments on Tomfoolery: Headland Cold Storage and Ice Plant History Major Allen Espyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324254733159642997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610556516641268883.post-27424945146674606572020-02-26T17:44:08.343-05:002020-02-26T17:44:08.343-05:00Partners McGriff & Quinn installed machinery f...Partners McGriff & Quinn installed machinery for Headland Bottling Works in February 1909. Their first flagship drink was Koca Nola, an Atlanta based drink similar to Coca-Cola. Koca Nola was in US Federal Court later that year accused of having cocaine in it. <br /><br />The partners switched to a new drink out of Montgomery called Ex-Cel-O and added a drink called Hot Tom from a firm in Greenville, SC. Shortly after, they changed the firm name to Ex-Cel-O Bottling Works. <br /><br />By May 1911, they advertised "Pure soda water and Coca-Cola. Bottled by the Ex-Cel-O Bottling & Ice Company." <br /><br />Excerpted from Alabama Bottlers, by Dennis Smith<br />and <br />Alabama Coca-Cola Bottlers and Their Bottles, by Dennis SmithDennis Smithhttp://www.kolawars.comnoreply@blogger.com