From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C.,
Sept. 5, 1919
Sells Studebaker to a
Resident of London. . . Sale Made by Elizabeth City Dealer Brings Out Story of
Romantic Career of Edenton Boy
The sale of a Bix (Big?) Six Studebaker automobile to a resident of
London, England, by the Pasquotank Motor Car Co., of Elizabeth City last week
calls for an interesting story.
The London purchaser of an automobile from an Elizabeth City
agency is Oscar Williams, senior director of the chain of 70 Woolworth 5 and 10
Cent Store in Great Britain.
Twelve years ago Oscar Williams was clerking in a Woolworth
5 and 10 Cent Store in New York City. The Woolworth organization took his
measure and sent him to London to open the first Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent store
in Great Britain. The store was a success from the start, and Mr. Williams
opened other Woolworth stores in England until there are now three score and 10
of them and he is the senior member of the Board of Directors of the Woolworth
British chain of stores.
Oscar Williams is a son of the venerable Capt. Sam Williams
of Edenton, N.C., and left Edenton about 12 years ago to take a job in a
Woolworth store in New York. Mr. Williams is visiting his old home in Edenton
at this time, for the first time in several years. While at home he decided to
buy an American automobile to take back to London with him when he sailed this
month. His selection was a Studebaker and the Elizabeth City agency got the
order.
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