As of 1904, C.W. Elliott & Co. existed in Keystone per the American Carbonator and American Bottler (1904). C.W. Elliott does not appear in any Dun & Bradstreet listings for that year, which is strange to me due to their thoroughness. Nor do they appear in 1905 or 1906. In fact, they only appear to be in the Dun & Bradstreet listings around 1900 (Mercantile Agency, 1900). C.W. Elliott & Co. then relocates to Northfork at some later point and, interestingly enough, K.B.Co. becomes based out of Northfork rather than Keystone.

This is further obfuscated by another report from the American Carbonator and American Bottler in 1907 that states that Keystone Bottling Company incorporated in Keystone (“Charter Has,” 1907). Yet, Keystone Bottling Company does not appear listed under Keystone in Dun & Bradstreet issues. It does, however, appear in Northfork. This doesn’t technically matter, as Keystone and Northfork are extremely close to one another, but the discrepancies in location are somewhat puzzling.

Nevertheless, K.B.Co. became an absolutely dominating force in the soda industry of southern West Virginia. Shortly after its founding, it bought out all of its local competitors, including Flat Top Bottling Company of Welch, Kimball Bottling Works of Kimball, Williamson Bottling Company, and Bluefield Bottling Company. The company says this themselves in 1911, claiming it took over the independent bottling plants the year prior (“To Manager”, 1911).

C.W. Elliott passed away in 1913 to the grief of his many communities. Keystone Bottling Co. continued successfully for many years following his passing. In 1930, the company changed its name to the Northfork Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Lee, n.d.), marking the end of the company in name.