Show FACTS ABOUT SULLY THE COTTON KINO new york dniel J billys bullys permanent residence is in providence R I 1 four months ago york before that the ho to new new york public alu heard hia name in three months ho has raised the market value of th eyears cotton crop more than thug he became known in nil iha marts of the world as the king of cotton and men representing billions of dollers watched fearfully his every move at tho outer end of all the cables and telegraph lines on earth sully achieved this extraordinary com mercial victory by acan of a poo of cotton interests but the pool waa of his own fonna iii ai n uj I 1 the lever with which he operated he was born in providence on alarca 9 1861 forty two icam ago he was educated in jhc thc public schools of providence and the norwich academy of norwich conn married in being then 24 yeara old his wife was miss frances thompson only daughter ct colonel david M thompson general manager ot the cotton mills of charles knight the largest manufacturer of cotton goods in the world he haa three children at the time of his marriage marr rage he was a clerk with the providence coil company with his marriage the young mans interest in cotton began he went ecith tor two years and in that time gained a remarkably Temar kably knowledge of every of the cotton business returning north he entered the office of a boston birin of cotton brokers hero he obtained knowledge of the worlds cotton markets after tour years in boston he returned to providence ana entered the of F W reynolds as employed emp loye in a few months ace became a partner and began to build lip a large trade in the hitherto little known egyptian cotton early in 1901 he bought out the rey interests and incorporated as ti F W reynolds company business increased immensely and he became te leading local factor in cotton kaill he was unknown outride meanwhile the sallys lae become quietly prominent in the serial life PI providence mr sully is a member t the golf club and the F sport is his chief recreation he came to new york about the mid dla ot january on february 3 he entered the market for his war on the cottan bear in less alian throe weeks he was king the price had ben carried up 11 points the pool was ahead tind he waa baill buying voraciously today but three months later the profits of the pool are at from this amount the expenses of the pool estimated at must be deducted the man who has done all this and withstood attack after attack in the fiercest boar siege in the history of the new york cotton exchange besides has probably the most unobtrusive personality of any financial leader in new york with all his phenomenal physical force and his nn shaken nerve despite his brilliant and meteoric rise mr bully ia wholly without vanity or any aggressive except the singularly effective aggressiveness he uses in the pit he dressea in kapins with his personal characteristics in uirt grays of conservative serva tive though cut in general appearance he the clean cut he I 1 of lie type nt cr york captain of industry no cua cess can change no attack can frighten and no failure dismay ue is in to win and once inas not the kind to get ont till the catoe of win is played to it finish |