"But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him, he had compassion on him--and went to him and bound up his wounds." In this way we are told the tender story of the Good Samaritan. In 1877 Dr. Francis Preston Wellford, of Fredericksburg, was living in Jacksonville, Florida, when a scourge of yellow fever invaded Fernandina. Almost all of its physicians were victims of the disease, or worn out with work. Dr. Wellford volunteered for service, which was almost certain death, fell a victim, and died, on the same day and in the next cot to his fellow-townsman, Dr. Herndon. "For whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van, The noblest death that man can die; Is when he dies for man." Over his grave in the cemetery at Fredericksburg, there is an imposing monument, with this simple inscription: "Francis Preston Wellford, Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 12, 1839." On the beautiful memorial window in St. Peter's Church, Fernandina, Florida, erected by Dr. J. H. Upham, of Boston, who felt that their memory should not be neglected, one reads: "Francis Preston Wellford, M. D. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Sept. 12, 1839, James Carmicheal Herndon, M. D. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Sept. 22, 1821, Died in the faithful discharge of their duties at Fernandina, Florida, Oct. 18, 1877." DR. JAMES C. HERNDON When surgeons were needed for the Confederate Army, the Dr. Herndon above mentioned left his practice and went, although exempted by law. He served through four years of war, and when peace was declared, made his home in Florida. He was state physician there, when Fernandina was stricken by the dread yellow fever, and the population was almost helpless. Deeming it his duty, Herndon voluntarily went into the city of the dying. He had worked but a few days when he was stricken, and death followed. He died as bravely as a man may die, and few have died for so good a cause. He sleeps in the silent cemetery in Fredericksburg, his home. HON. A. WELLINGTON WALLACE Among the men whose writings have added to Fredericksburg's fame is Hon. A. Wellington Wallace, at one time Judge of the Corporation Court of Fredericksburg and, later chosen President of the Virginia Bar Association. Judge Wallace never sought political office and his abilities therefore never were fully publicly known in that line, but some of his literary compositions have been widely read and favorably criticised. The most important of his work, perhaps, is his epitome on the intents, purposes and meaning of the constitution. Though brief it clearly and sharply defines and analyses the important document under which we are governed, and gives to the reader an intelligent conception of what its framers aimed at and hoped to do, such as could not be gained in pages of lengthier reading. HON. A. P. ROWE (1817-1900)