The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28
WHAT THE HEYWOODS DID
HOW ONE OF THE BROTHERS
CAUGHT THE OIL FEVER.
He Got in the Field at the Beginning and
His Brothers Gave Him Their
7ooketbooks.

Beaumont, Texas, July 26.-All the
worlds a stage, and the men and women
are hustling afer complimentary season
tickets to comfortable seats In the dress
circle.
This paraphrasing of the greatest play
writer's lines has It's exemplihcatlon In
dozens OF instances In connection with the
development OF the Beaumont oil field, aud
rev OF the "hustlers'' have been more suc-
cessful than the Haywood brothers, who
Afe rapidly earning the sohriquet of Oil
who are now among the most prominent de-
Veiopers OF this 6eld, are known to amuse.
ment lovers through several States For
several years they toured the Southern
states and the West as the Alba Haywood
company, and while their success was not
as great as II has been since they became
oil magnates they always put up a clever
entertainment and made friends and money
wherever they. went. In fact, Il was their
accumulation In the enterta nmhnt line that
gave them theft start IN oil
The brothers are Alba, Dewey, c. w
and W., Scott. They We're boru IN the oil
helds OF Ohio aud their father was Prof
G, W. Haywood, who Tor many years was
one OF the Buckeye States leading edu-
Gators. In fact, he was with Hiram col
lege whom the late President James A
Garfield was connected with thar lnstit-
ton lie was also at one time principal OF
the public schools Of Cleveland, Ohio
Having been born and reared In coun-
try whose chief Industry was the oil busl.
aess, tho Haywood brothers naturally be-
came familiar with the Industry and when
oil was discovered in California w. Scott
Haywood was an early arrival at the now
! field. This young man was Of rather al
SenturouS tempernment, az was evidenced
by a trip TO the Klondike. which was
made In the Inception OF the boom "a that
country. Tho venture did not pan OUT
as well as II promised, however, and Mr..
Haywood returped to thc States.
While Scott Haywood was with the ad-
vance guard on several marches TO places
which promised big returns on Investments,
by Dewey and o. w. Haywood With
headquarters In Chicago. they operated
the Haywood Caldwell bureau, and their
chief attraction was the Alba Haywood
company, In which Alba Haywood was the
star.
a day or two after Captain A. r. lucas
pierced the oil stratum that was to make
beaumont famous, w. Scott Haywood
picked up morning paper IN San Fran
e thlsnto ana read about the wonderful gusher
Without taking time TO pack n trunk, the
young man boarded train for Beaumont.
Dewey and also asked that 5000 be sent
him, which came by wire. The brothers
have implicit faith In each other aud a
perfect understanding Of each others cana.
and Dewey with the 5000 read: Don't
bother about details. You are on the
BAH. but piay baililil" The b BANK books ' es
all four OF the boys followed in day or
/ two, with the instructions that any deal
Scott ind Dewey might make would be rat.
The young piungers began by leasing
! htteen acres on the magic Spindle Top
1 hill. from the Higgins OF and Fuel com.
! pany; lttlo later they sold part OF
! the lease at a big advance and at once
! began development on their holdings. About
thirty days later the newspapers an.
nquncsd that "Heywood No. ! was IN
| The Haywood oil company was then or.
! ganlsed, with capital Of SSO0,0O0 and
! SlQ0,OOO worth Of treasury took WAS placed
| on the market at par, the receipts from
! tanks, pipe lines and other equipment for
| the marketing of the OIL and much OF
| this equipment has now been completed
| On May 25, Haywood No, ? spouted and
/ 70 the Haywood brothers fell the distinc-
! tion. OF having the most magnificent well
| In the world, BY actual measurement the
| stream OF oil shot 2lT,3 feet into the air,
and according to tests since made the well
| twenty-four hours The oil Is now selling
| Tor aOt2 cents per barrel and n the Hey
woods Ind the transportation facilities they
could shin $4,000 worth OF oil per day
from their No. alone
few dAys ago Haywood No. "came
! NJ but before this we'll spOuted, the
! HeyWoodS had refused \ half million dol
lars FOR a half interest in their holdings.
= When he hurrledly left San Francisco for
| beaumont last January, Scott Haywood
Vas acting on an impulse, but i seems now
! that II was an Impulse that will ho worth
| millions 10 him and his brothers
Ihe Heywoods We're popular while they
| we're woolng fortune o0er the footlights,
aud end fhey have esrried this popn.lrlty with
from one end OF the country Go the other
rejoice, with them az their prosperity and
hope that Il will continue,
/ In slang parlance. the Heywoods are
now on Easy street. and they will never
/ nave TO write home for money rs long os
their grease holds out.