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The article forecasts the increase in the value of the Confederate currency according to J. H. Elliott, an antique dealer from Atlanta, Georgia. The Confederate bills which were used as children's play money and as wallpaper are now getting scarce. The earlier bills dated 1861 and 1862 are more valuable than those issued later when the printing presses of the Southern states ran the fastest in response to inflation. The least valuable of all are the counterfeit issued by the U.S. government.

The article focuses on the martyrdom of Sam Davis, a soldier of the Confederate States of America, who was honored posthumously by erecting a memorial in the state of Tennessee. In the war of 1861, he got enrolled as a scout and did extraordinarily well. Ultimately, he was entrusted with a mission of delivering some important military papers to some officers, but was captured by enemies and ultimately led to his execution.