The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-09-05
Kenan, is the present clerk of the
North Carolina supreme court.

Kepan, Is the present clerk of the
North Carolina supreme court.
Flaglcr is seventy-two years old.
Miss Kenan is charming, highly edu-
Gated and very attractive woman of
thirty-siX. Sho is n member of one of
| tho best families of North Carolina,
being daughter of Captain William
II. Kenan, who served in tho Confcd-
! crate army during the civil war.
Flagler secured q divorce from his
insane wife in Florida the week before,
under the law passed by the Florida
Legislature at its last session. 1t was
openly charged at tho time that the
law making incurable insanity grounds
for divorce was originated and passed
especially tor Flagler's benefit.
Mrs. Flagler Is n patient in private
sanltarium at Pleasantville, near White
llains, N. y, whore she has been for
three years. Tier expense is 81 900 q
month at the sanitarium, and Flaglor
allows her every indulgence. Her fors
tune has not been touched. She ha
gifts from her husband representlng
S2,000,000.
The names of Flagler and Miss Kc-
nan have been linked together by gos-
SIP for long time. They have been
warm friends, and Miss Kcnan and her
mother have been guests Of the mil
| lionalrc on several occasions during
the past year.
Horny nj. Flagler began his career
rs day laborcr in the logging camps
of Ohio. 1t was hard and arduous toll,
with many privations and dsadvan-
lint
more fully the spirit Of determination
and energy that has characterized his
later life. In short while he became
interested in the oil lands of the State,
and by careful, conservative invest
ments managed to accumulate nu-
cleus from winch his present. immense
fortune has sprung.
About fifteen years ago he first came
to the cast coast of Florida, and with
All eye quick to note it's superior ad-
Vantaycs over other resorts If the
world, he saw that the tide of tourist
travel, then flowing steadily to Califor.
MIA and to foreign countries, would
speedily turn southwark, could proper
accommodation and transportation be
furnished and the superior advantages
of this section be made known to the
world. With him, 10 think was to act,
and to-day the east coast of Flor
ida can boast of hotel and railway
and steamship system which for com
fort, elegance and style is unsurpassed
by that of any other country on the
globe.
When Mr.. Flagler first went to Flor
IDA this section was all q barren waste.
There were no hotels, no railroads,
no thriving, prosperous settlements.
Where Palm Beach now stands was
but gloomy backwoods the Magic
City was unknown save to few trad
ers and the Seminoles there was
nothing here but oblivion, wild animals
and insects.
To-day Henry M. Flagler pays near
ly one-half Of the taxes of Dade Coun.
ty, and there Is no enterprise tending
to the advancement of this section or
its people that he does not substantial.
ly aid. Whether it be a church to be
erected, road to be built, or whatever
it may be, MIR. Flagler is always TO the
fore. His hotel, railway and steam.
ship investments in Florida amounts
TO many millions of dollars, and be is
spending hundreds of thousands OF
dollars here every year. Mr.. Flagle,
is now legal citizen of Palm Beach,
having registered there last October.