second section WATAUGA DEMOCRAT SEC?"D SECT,ON VOL. LXV. ? NO. 27. BOONS, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOETH CABOUNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY K, 1?S3. FTVE CENTS PEE COPT Doughton Absent From Congress For First Time In Forty-Two Years By MARGARET KERNODLE Washington. ? For the first time in 42 yeftra, Congress organized without Robert Lee Doughton (D-NC) included in its member ship. And (or the first time in 24 years. North Carolina sent a Re publican along with three new Democratic members to the House of Representatives. Doughton officially returns to being a Carolina mountaineer be cause his doctors told him at 89 to go home to his hills and like it. He's been doing just that since he decided last summer not to seek re-election. He was first elected to Congress in 1910. The new Republican member is Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton, who like his father, Charles A. Jonas, defeated a Democrat to get into Congress. Jonas beat Rep. Hamilton Jones (D-NC) by better than 21, 280 votes. Jonas' dad whipped the late Rep. Bulwinkle (D-NC), of Gastonia, in 1928, but Bulwin kle later returned to Congress for many terms. Doughton, the dean of the North Carolina delegation, re mained a member of Congress of ficially until noon Friday, by law. Succeeding him was Hugh Al exander, of Kannapolis, who de feated his Republican opponent in November by 3.942. Alexander is appointing Dough ton's office staff as his own: Per cy Meekins, formerly of Manteo and Lenoir, is his executive sec retary. and Mrs. Stella O. Miller Morrison is the other staff mem ber. Doughton will always have the privileges of the floor ? to walk or sit among his former colleagues in the House ? any time he pleas es, and Alexander told a reporter today he expects Doughton here, perhaps in a few weeks. Meantime, Doughton's souven irs of his many years in the fed eral government have gone back to his state, some of them to the University of North Carolina. There they will be scanned for valuable mementoes of tax his tory, social security and foreign trade laws with which Doughton was connected- There were 86 of these bij( boxes and there are more in storerooms here. R. L. DOUGHTON But Doughton himself is keep ing, among other things, his wat er buffalo antlers from the Phil ippines as one of his travel relics. He can look out of picture win dows at Laurel Springs, N. C . far as his eyes can see ? and they can see well ? and call the land his own among the Blue Ridge Mountains. In addition to A'exander, North Carolina has two other new Democrats among the 432 mem bers of Congress taking their oaths last week. These are L. H. Fountain of Tarboro and George A. Shuford of Asheville. Fountain succeeds Rep. John H. Kerr (D NC) of Warrenton, who was the third man of the same name and family to serve in Congress for years. Shuford succeeds Rep. Mon roe Redden (D-NC), who decid ed to go back to Hendcrsonville to help get his sons established in law practice. Alexander is in Doughton's old office for the time being. Foun tain luckily got into his official home quickly, but Jonas and Shufdrd must wait till someone moves out before they can move In. ...... Farm Loans Are Now Available Operating loans are now avail able through the Fanners Home Administration to help eligible op erators of family type farms to get ahead through better farm ing, according to Jennings B. Rob inson, county supervisor. These loans are based on farm and home plans developed with each individual family to provide for best use of land, labor, live stock and equipment. To help the families carry out their plans and increase their earnings, the super visor makes farm visits as neces sary, to advise and assist them in making planned adjustments in their farming operations and in adopting approved farm and home practices. ? This program serves operators of family type farms who are un able to obtain credit needed to carry on successful farming oper ations from local banks, produc tion credit, associations and oth er sources. To be eligible for an FHA op erating loan, a farmer must (1) be a citizen of the Unite