Thomasville Telephone Rates Increase, April 25, 1923

Thomasville Telephone Company Increases Rates

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, April 25—Increased rates of 75 cents each on special line business telephones, 50 cents each on duplex line telephone lines, and 25 cents each on special line residence phones, all monthly charges, today were authorized for the Thomasville Telephone Company by the State Corporation Commission. The town officials and business men approved the increase.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, April 25, 1923. Businessmen used to be spelled “business men.”