From: The Webster Echo; Aug. 17, 1900. ERBACON. Harvesting nearly all done, with about two-thirds of a drop....A good deal of sickness about town....Father, James Barnett, of the lower end of town, is dangeroutly ill at this writing, Father Barnett is a good citizen, and it is feared he will not recover....We see P. B. Hoover, a Glade district school teacher on our streets, looking after the Erbacon school. We hope he may be successful, as he is a good and worthy young man and deserves employment whereever he goes....Sant Mason made a flying trip to Burnsville, Braxton county, recently, and came back home mounted on a fine horse which he purchased and paid spot cash for....Give us more such men as the accommodating landload, Jonathan Brown, who is taking in lots of cold cash these days. To say the least of Jonathan, he is an all-round good hotel man, and deserves the patronage of the traveling public....The trustees of the Missouri Run school have employed Mrs. Iska Stalnaker to teach the ensuing term. The selection is a good one....Uncle George Thomas is enjoying himself hugely for a man of his age. Mr. Thomas is perhaps the father of more school teachers than any man in the county. Let us hear from others, and then we will send in a correct report. Uncle George is our postmaster, and am pleased to say he does exceedingly well for a Republican, and being surrounded by a big gang of Democrats.... The railroad company is painting the depot here, which makes things shine, and adds much to the appearance of the town....Dr. Edgell, Rev. Cogar, John Davis, S. B. Holcomb and J. T. Fowler were on a fishing trip to Centralia a few dayss recently, and report an enjoyable trip. They did not come back ladened as heavily as might have been but they brought home some fish. J. T. Hosey was on the sick list a few days, but is able to be up again. J. F.