The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-27
NEVADA COUNTY FARM ERS' UNION COLUMN
':'':''.'':'':' By J. NJ. Thomas s:''a MEETING OF THE NATION
 AL FARMERS UNION
Held in Little Rock February 26th. Investigated Charges Against
 State President Mobley.

Following the investigation made by the Arkansas legislative commit tee apointed by that body to investi- gate charges against MT. Mobley, president of the state farmers union by certain members of the House of representatives, President Barrett called a meeting of the Arkansas Farmers Union to be held in Little Rock, Feb. 26th. The meeting was called to order at ten o'clock a. m. by President Barrett. About eighty members were present, good atten- dance for such short notice
 President Barrett stated that there had been grave charges of misconduct made against the state president and the object of this meeting was to find out, if possible, whether the charges were true. If they were true. MT. Mobley is unfit for the responsible po sition he occupies.
 The meeting was held behind closed doors, none but members of the farm ers' union being allowed seats. Mir. Mobley had all the evidence, produced in the investigation, in type written form and certified to by the stenogra- pher. The facts as brought out in the investigation may be summed up in few words
 H. s. Mobley is president of the Farmers Union of the State of Ark ansas. He is a college bred man, was for several years in the employ of the State University of Arkansas during which time he was engaged in the same work that he is now doing for the Second District Agricultural School at Russellville He was engaged by Prof. Cole, president of the Russell vile school, two years ago as farm ex- tension agent at a salary of S2000.00 per year. He has devoted the most of his time to holding meetings among the farmers and working in the inter est of the Russelville school in the main and secondarlly to all four of our agricultural schools. During the sittings of the Legislature he has spent a part of his time in Little Rock in the interest of legislation fla vorable to the schools which he rep resents. Last fall he went to Wash l ington City in the interest of the ru- ral credits bill and spent some time there. A good many of the farm ex- tention meetings held were under the auspices of the Farmers Union. Dur ing the political campaign last year, MT Mobley wrote or at least put his signature to letters written by direc- tion of the Union, letters to a mum Der of candidates fol the legisla ure. asking them if they were friendly to the agricultural schuoIs. He received about sixty replies assuring him that they (the candidates} would favor any Legislation friendly to the agricultur- al schools. Gentlemen Bell and Wallis both of whom live in the Second Dis trfict took otfense at these letters and charged that they contained threats. These two gentlemen introduced thero solution in the lower house in which charges were made that Mobley lis teacher in the Second Agricultural District School, that he has not been in the school for more than six months, that he gets a salary of $2000 year and $3000 a year for expenses, he rides on a pass and therefore his expenses are nothing, he mixes in poli- ties"
 Bell and Wallis went before the in- vestigation committee and made these charges and in doing so they assured the committee that they were not at tacking the Agricultural Schools or the Farmers Union but the evidence is full of thrustS at both the schools and the Union. They were not able to disguise their real motives, so ca ger were they to bring both into dis repute. They became very personal in their attacks on Mobley. Mr. Mob ley explained the nature of his work and President Cole, the members of the board of trustees of the Second ! District School, and a number of citi- zens of the District, testified that Mobley had been faithful to his work and the people as well as the Board were highly pleased with his work Bell and Wallis undertook to prove that Mobley had not been in some of the counties comprising the Second : n,rt,,i.,t 4