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Friday, September 6, 2019

Studebaker Sold By Pasquotank Motor Car Co. Headed for London, England, Sept. 5, 1919



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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