The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-04
IN hEMOIlASi.
Turner Nestray Battle.

Died. suddenly. az the Memorial
Hospital. Richmond. FirgiISs. on sat
ur6ay morning, May 18th, 1907. Tur-
ner Westray Battle. Of Cool spring
E~dgecombe county, North Carolina
He was the son of the late Captain
Turner H. Battle. ot Cool Spring.
whose ancestors had been Gated there
since the DAYS Of the colony. anu
have been men OF distinction and in
huence throughout the history Of col
ony and State. His mother %as La
vinia BasSett Battle. a daughter of
Judge Joseph j.. Daniel, Of Halifax
county, North Carolina, for many
years n Justice of the Supreme court
Turner Battle was born at Cool
Spring on the 25th day of June, 1863.
and spent his early life upon the plan
tation, attending later Horner's school
at oxford, ". c.. and Hanover .ACad-
envy, Virginia, then under the charge
Of Maior Hilary p. Jones. After leav-
ing Hanover Academy he was a stu
dent in the Univ ersity Of North Car
DINA, and upon graduation entered
upon a business life in Norfolk. Nir-
ginia, 1here he remained for several
years. From Norfolk ne went -
Richmond, Va, and became connected
witt the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company. Here his fine judgment, his
business acume and his energy and
industry early attracted the attention
of the officials of the company, and
when it was determined to extend the
operations Of the company abroad, he
vas put in charge of ell its interests
in Europe as manager. and conducted
its foreign business for several years
with marked ability and success, hav-
ing his headquarters and residence
at FallerSIeben, In the Kingdom of
Hanover.
In 1904 his mothers health began to
fail, and with the unSelfsh generosity
IT.
relations with her throughout his
whole life, he surrender his posi-
ton in Germany TO return home and
be with her. After her death in 1905
he was again recalled by the Virginia
Carolina Company to its service, IN
which he was engaged as its statlstl-
clan, with a large corps of suborii-
mates working under him, at the date
of his untimely death.
The business world. with which he
came in contact. had long learned to
know and appreciate his ability, his
intelligence, his answering integrity
and his lofty courage in the face Of
difficulties. His friends and relatives
knew him on the more intimate side
of a supremacy unselfsh generosity.
of a winning cOmpanlOnshlp that
charmed all with whom he came IN
contact, of a cheerful optimism that
looked always on the brighter things
OF lie, ana Oh q loIlN otIiSt u NUM-
that has characterized his name and
lineage through the generations.
The name of his friends was legion,
to whom his too early departure has
brought the pangs Of grief that words
do not express. His German fellow
workers, hearing of it, Will recall With
sorrow, his handsome presence, his
great-hearted generosity, his kindly
courtesy and consideration: while the
hearts of the many who loved him in
his own State and that of his business
adoption will long lament his death,
and bear his a charms and virtues
in remembrance and recret that so
lovable a character has left the earth.
IF to stretch 4 hand to the hands
tina needed, if to soften the path
unto weary ieat,
If fair deeds done in life's silent places
because such deeds TO his heact
We're sweet,
If these make Eight on the shadowe1
waters, he has gone where 4
thousand sDlendcrs meet