Claud A. Hatcher

Claud A. Hatcher the inventor of R.C. Cola

Claud Adkins Hatcher (20 August 1876 – 31 December 1933) was an American businessman. He invented the RC (Royal Crown) brand of beverages. He was a Columbus, Georgia based pharmacist and son of a grocer.^[1]

Through the family-owned Hatcher Grocery Company, Hatcher introduced a carbonated soft drink in 1905 called Royal Crown Ginger Ale.^[1] Other flavors, including their flagship cola, followed.^[1] In the same year a company was formed to bottle the popular drinks, Union Bottling Works.

Hatcher is buried in the Riverdale Cemetery in Muscogee County, Georgia. His will established the Pickett & Hatcher Educational Fund, a non-profit student lender.

Notes

1 2 3 Winn, Bill (May 7, 1978). "R.C. Cola Gets Start in Basement". Ledger-Enquirer. Special Sesquicentennal Supplement IV. Columbus, Georgia. p. S-24. Retrieved March 26, 2018 – via usgwarchives.net.

External links

Claud A. Hatcher at Find a Grave

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[start-1] 1 2 3 Winn, Bill (May 7, 1978). "R.C. Cola Gets Start in Basement". Ledger-Enquirer. Special Sesquicentennal Supplement IV. Columbus, Georgia. p. S-24. Retrieved March 26, 2018 – via usgwarchives.net.