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Greenville has been home to a long list of bottling companies. The first known bottling company was in 1883, when S. M. Schwartz opened the Greenville Bottling Company. In 1884, J. H. Shelburn & Anderson opened a beer bottling establishment. In 1892, Ed. H. Shelburn & Co. opened a bottling company for carbonated drinks and beer. He was the first person to sell Coca Cola in Greenville in 1893 and by 1897 was one of the largest bottlers in the State. Other bottling companies include: Euvita Bottling Co. in 1903; Burton Soda Water and Ice Cream Works in 1906; the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company in 1908; Coca Cola Bottling Works in 1908; the Chero-Cola Bottling Company in 1915; the Mint Cola Bottling Works in 1919; the Cherry Blossom Bottling Company in 1922; the Lime Cola Bottling Company in 1922; the Orange Crush Bottling Company in 1923; the Nehi Bottling Company in 1933; the Double Cola Bottling Company in 1939; and the Greenville Tip Company in 1940.
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30354
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Very few people have heard of “Old Christmas” or “Little Christmas” which has been celebrated for over 250 years along the coastal regions from Swansboro to Currituck. “Old Christmas” began when Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752 to replace the less accurate Julian Calendar. The new calendar made Christmas fall on December 25th instead of the old date of January 5th. The Outer Banks folks kept the old date to celebrate Christmas. The Outer Banks people are a superstitious lot and according to tradition a ship loaded with cattle sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras in the 1870s. The only survivor was a black and white bull which swam ashore at Rodanthe. Named “Old Buck,” the bull sired many cows and became much loved. Each year on January 5th he was led through the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo as a part of their Old Christmas celebration.
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30355
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Very few people have heard of “Old Christmas” or “Little Christmas” which has been celebrated for over 250 years along the coastal regions from Swansboro to Currituck. “Old Christmas” began when Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752 to replace the less accurate Julian Calendar. The new calendar made Christmas fall on December 25th instead of the old date of January 5th. The Outer Banks folks kept the old date to celebrate Christmas. The Outer Banks people are a superstitious lot and according to tradition a ship loaded with cattle sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras in the 1870s. The only survivor was a black and white bull which swam ashore at Rodanthe. Named “Old Buck,” the bull sired many cows and became much loved. Each year on January 5th he was led through the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo as a part of their Old Christmas celebration.
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