Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-16
ANTE-BE[LU|N BOND
REDEEMED IN MONEY.
BY STATE OFFICIAL

Abnor Lee Squggins, OF Worth
iT6ton, Mass, who sent = state OF
Georgia Confederate war bond of
$500 to jefferson Davis. at Rich
n,ond, Va, with a request for the
president of the Confederate States
OF America to pay the bond and ac-
crued interest, and whose letter was
forwarded to the attorney general OF
Georgia, George y. Napier, being re-
ceived Friday, will have his request
complied with.
A registered letter containing $500
in currency, which is the amount
Of the bond plus accrued interest,
went forward Saturday to Mr..
Squiggins, concluding with the hope
that this would enable him ito buy
a couple of cows and pay some on
his mortgage" which were the two
matters pressing on his mind in his
letter to President Davis.
1nOu2n the state VI AICOl -
bound neither legally nor morally
to redeem the bond of Abner Lee
Notwithstanding been required by
act of congress to repudiate all her
Confederate war debts before being
readmitted to the union-Attorney
General Napier, after giving the
matter profound consideration, made
up his mind that no citizen of Mas
sachusetts could say of Georgia that
she allowed even the dead ashes of
an obligation to SO unredeemed.
Accordingly, ne got together the
amount Of the principal plus accrued
interest and sent it to HMM Con-
Tolerate currency.
Calling his attention to the fact
that the bond was thus redeemed &C
cording TO the letter of the promise
contained in its face, which specifies
that the bond should be redeemed
and the interest paid in currency OF
the Confederate States OF America.
Attorney General Napier's letter
to Abner Lee Squiggins was as fol
lows:
Dear Sir: This office is in receipt
Of a letter from you, directed to JET
ferson Davis, of the Confederate
States CT America Richmond, Va,
and forwarded thence by the post
master of that city to us, containing
q Confederate bond issued by the
state of Georgia in the sum of $500, |
to said bond being twenty |
eight interest coupons for $S.75 each. |
1T is nominated in the bond that !
the same. and the interest thereon |
are payable in money of The Con- !
federate States of America
IF your letter is intended as |
Joke. you will not be disappointed il |
this reply. If. in reality. you had nos |
kept informed of the events which |
have transpired since February l, |
1852. when your bond was issued: If I
you did not read of the fall of the
nor of the imprison.
ment of Jefferson Davis the great |
president of the Confederacy, in |
Fortress Monroe, nor of his death in
1889; and if you have been unaware
of the great progress of our re
united country, then this letter may |
be a rude awakening to a modern !
Rip Van Wrinkle.
The state of Georgia was forced |
to repudiate her war debts, includ-
ing bonds of the character Of yours. |
This was done under amendment to |
the constitution of the United States, |
and under coercion of the federal |
government. as a condition to the re- |
admission of Georgia to her former |
place as a state of the union.
Enclosed find $500 in Confederate /.
money, in payment of your bond and |
interest on same-before the obliga- |
ton was repudiated. This money l. |
furnished by Mr.. j. E. Addicks, as !
sistant secretary of the chamber Of
commerce of Atlanta, to whom the |
bond has been delivered, to be pre-
served as an historic curio. While |
like the bond, this money is worth |
Tess, perhaps your neighbors and |
friends may desire some of it as
of the War between the |
States.
eve trust it may furnish part of |
the money needed to get a couple ot |
cows and to pay some on your mort |
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