surfaceone
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Hey Rick,
That looks like a good one. Could'ya put up a photo of the whole bottle, please? Kinda unusual to see the tombstone slugplate with the vertical backside.
Charles E. Wright was the biggest of Big Kahunas in Greenwood once upon a time.
"The miracle of electricity was first made available in Greenwood in 1894. T. Staige Marye and Charles E. Wright were awarded a contract on March 6, 1894, for furnishing and operating a street lighting system. Greenwood at that time had a population of about 1,200 inhabitants.
On August 7, 1901, an ordinance was passed by the City Council authorizing a referendum on a franchise to C. E. Wright for the construction of a waterworks, electric lights and sanitary sewerage system. This franchise was to extend for a period of twenty-five years, ut the City reserved the right to purchase the utilities at any time during this period.
As constructed in 1901 and 1902, the entire system consisted of a steam-operated electric generating plant with a 90-kilowatt alternator. The waterworks plant consisted of a 4" flowing well approximately 700' deep, two steam-driven duplex compound pumping engines, one masonry reservoir with a capacity of 130,000 gallons and one 100,000-gallon elevated tank.
In 1904, the city exercised its option and acquired the system for its appraised value of $123,000." From.
There is a "C.E. WRIGHT ICE & COAL CO. GREENWOOD" Amber Coca-Cola, of some note as well.
Not only that, he built the Ice Cream Factory. 
He operated under several corporate names:
"In the C. E. Wright Ice Cream, Creamery, Butter, and Bottled Drinks Factory, Greenwood has an establishment of which she is justly proud.
For a number of years this staunch firm had a small bottling works only, until the ice cream factory was added last year. This received such a patronage as to justify the plant in adding a branch to manufacture creamery butter.
The best milk to be had in this country is supplied to this factory, and their creamery products are the best to be had on the market.
Every grocery man in the county and adjacent territory should liberally patronize this progressive industry.
From The Commonwealth, November 18, 1910" From.
His home is on the list of Historic Places.
He is listed as having produced "GREENWOOD, MS -- NERVO KOLO AM "CE WRIGHT ICE & COAL CO, CITY" MID/ SCRIPT FOOT" From.
Nervo Colo, eh, I wonder how rare that one is? Sounds like he was both a Coke bottler, and an infringing trademark guy, all rolled into one.
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wright & brantley hutch greenwood miss - 
That is "Steam Botl. Works" found by the old mill stream! Thanks
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