The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-08-28
FLAGLER TAKES NEW BRIDE
The Millionaire IL Years Old and
tnG BrIdo Ouc- Ha1f That nra

the Bride Onc-Ha1t That Age.
llcnry Nj. FlagIcr, the Standard Oil
mlillonalrc, was married to Miss Mary
ihliy kenan, of kenansvillc, n. c.. nj
her nome, On Saturday, Aug. 2I. ElaE.
orate preparations for the event have
Decn under way for some time past
but have been III secret.
kcnansvillG is country town in
Eastern North Carolina with a popula-
ton OF 800. 1t is ten miles from Mac
noIla, the nearest railroad station on
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad
branch OF the Atlantic Coast Line
ana can only be reached by private
conveyance, which also affords the
only means of communication with the
outside world.
In this beautifully scqucstcrcd spot
Is the old kcnan homestead, where the
bride was born. During the past sum-
mcr it has been thoroughly renovated
and rcfurnishcd, preparatory to the
nuptial.
Only the members Of the Kcnan
family and a very small circle Of close,
lhllmatc friends were present. The
ceremony was performed according to
the rites Of the Presbyterian church, Of
which MIR. Flaglcr is an elder, and the
hcnan family arc members. Mr.. Flag.
Ter arrived in Wilmington, n. G.. FrI-
day afternoon, where he remained
during the night and left early Satur
day morning on Il special train over the
Atlantic Coast Line for Magnolia, and
thence by private conveyance to kc-
nansvlllc, where the ceremony was
performed upon his arrival. 1t is said
that the bride received as IA wedding
gift 81 900 900.
Miss kcnan is of an old aristocratic
Southern family and one of North Car
olina's most popular daughters. She
is about feet =! inches in height and
will weigh, approximately, l25 pounds;
light complcXioncd, with dark hair
strcakcd with gray. She has an cx-
cccdingly pleasant face and her cxqms-
ltcly gracious manners has won for her
many friends and admirers throughout
the country. She has Il rich, mellow
soprano voice and has gained some
reputation as a vocalist, having de-
lighted audiences in Wilmington and
other Southern cities. Her father,
tor of customs for the port of Whining
ton, n. c., undcl Clcvcland's admin
istration, and her uncle, Thomas 5.
kepan, Is the present clerk of the
North Carolina supreme court.
Flag'cr is sevcnty-two years old.
Miss kcnan is Il charming, highly edu-
Gated and very attractive woman of
thirty-siX. She is Il member of one of
the best families of North Carolina,
being a daughter OF Captain William
II. Kcnan, who served in the Confcd~
crate army during the civil war.
Flaglcr secured u 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 the time that the
law making iacurablc insanity grounds
for divorce was originated and passed
especially iol Flaglcr's benefit.
Mrs. Flaglcr is Il patient in private
sanllarium at Plcasantvillc, near White
| Plains, N. y, where she has been for
three years. Her expense is 81 900 II
month at the sanitarium, and Flaglcr
allows her every indulgence. Her for
tune has not been touched. She has
gifts from her husband reprcsentlnS
81 1000 900.
The names of Flaglcr and Miss Kc-
nan have been linked together by Cos
SIP for a long time. They have been
warm friends, and Miss Kcnan and her
mother have been guests of the mil
lionalre on several occasions during
the past year.
! Henry M. Flagler began his career
rs day laborcr in the logging Camps
of Ohio. 1t was hard and arduous toll
with many prvations and disadvan
tages, but they only served TO dcvcloy
more fully the spirit of determination
and energy that has characterized hi.
later life. In II short while he becam,
interested III the oil lands of the State
, and by careful, conservative invest
! mcnts managed to accumulate a nu
clcus from which his present immcns
fortune has sprung.
, About fifteen years ago he first cam
to the cast coast of Florida, and vii,
i an eye quick TO note it's superior aC
: vantaycs over other resorts IF TN
u world, he saw that the tide of touris
o travel, then flowing steadily to Gallo
a MIA and to foreign countries. woul
speedily turn southwaid, could propt
i accommodation and transportation /
C furnished and the superior aGvan:ag,
of this section be made known TO Il
world. With him, 10 think was to ac
and to-day the east coast of Flo
ida can boast of hotel and railw.
and steamship system which for cor
fort, elegance and style is unsurpass,
!, by that of any other country on u
II globe.
When Mr.. Flagler first went to Flc
ida this section was all barren vast
e There were no hotels, no railroad
no tlrlVinv proaparoua oottlon,o,,