Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-05-21
EMPORIUM, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 2 1908.
Editor ffacket Dead.

SEYMOUR s. HACKET, editor of East
Emporium Independent, aged rs years,
died at Buffalo City Hospital, Tuesday
| evening, of cancer of the bladder, and
other complications.
Not until few days ago were our
people aware of the fact that Mr.. Hack
ct was afflicted with fatal disease and
that his family physicians had ordered
him to go to Buffalo Hospital in hopes
that an operation might prolong his
life. Upon his arrival there the doc
tors decided an operation would be
fruitless-that he could not live. He
rapidly failed and ID benig seen that he
could not live, much less stand the trip
home, his wife and other members of
the family were sent for. He peace
fully passed away at nine clock Tues
day evening, surrounded by his wife
and other members of the family.
His remains arrived here yesterday
noon, the funeral to take place from
the family residence, corner of East
Allegany Ave-, and Portage streets,
where the deceased has resided so
many years, this, Thursday after
noon at two o'clock. Rev. w. A.
Pugsley, pastor of First Baptist church
will conduct the services.
The sudden passing away of this
pioneer citizen came like a clap of
thunder to our citizens, who hoped the
serious reports were untrue.
Mr.. Hacket came to what was then
Shippen township in 1867 from Liberty
township, Mexican county and actively
engaged in farming and numbering,
accumulating large amount of prop
erty-operating saw mill and store
in Emporium for many years, in con-
| nection with his other varied interests.
He was a gentleman of indomitable
! will, shrewd and resourceiul; the en-
ployer of large number of laboring
men for years. Ever since his advent
| in this county he has continually en-
gagged in local politics. holding many
| township and borough offices. In poll
tics he was a Republican until 1866,
when the PRESS was established, as
| Republican paper, when he became
| Democrat and established the Inde-
pendent, which he has nominally con-
Quoted ever since. During all these
years, our readers will remember the
many stormy controversies between
the two veterans-C. B. Gould and S.
s. Hacket-upon political questions
and public improvements in our town
and county. On the shady side of
life they sheathed their swords and
watched the younger ones carry the
banners. Hacket was peculiar char
acter and did not always feel that he
was fairly treated by his party and
more than once went after those men,
bers of his own camp and caused some
of them to call for quarters. In Bor-
ough matters he continually fought for
what he considered the rights of East
Emporium-usually gaining his point
only to be stabbed in the house of his
friends. He deserved better treatment
from his party for the many years of
service and thousands of dollars ex-
pended, that his party might have an
organ
Personally the present editor of the
PRESS has always enjoyed, we believe,
the friendship of the deceased-in fact
he has repeatedly called upon us, in
confidence, for consultation upon
public matters where both were inter-
ested. Mutual assistance was often
rendered by each side. True we may
have differed in business and political
matters. vet personally were friends.
His long and eyentful life has closed
and what many men, possibly, would
have moulded differently, none battled
more nobly than he to carry out his
business ventures to successful con-
clusion. May he find peaceful sleep.
Deceased leaves wife and eight
children to mourn the death of a kind
and charitable husband and father and
public spirited citizen No doubt The
funeral, this afternoon, will be very
generally attended by our citizens.
The town council of which the deceas-
ed is now a member and has been for
many years, had a special meeting las
evening and adopted suitable resolu
tions. The Council will attend the
funeral in a body and, at the: request
of the family, will serve as honorary
pail bearers.
Let every citizen show that mark OF
respect due an old townsman.