ADVERTISING: The Courier-Record's local display advertising rate is $6.75 per column inch. Full page $850.50. Half-page $425.25. Quarter-page $212.63. Contract rates, offering considerable discounts for regular advertisers, are available.

CLASSIFIEDS, HELP WANTED, & REAL ESTATE ADS: Classified display ad rates are $7.25 per column inch. "Help Wanted", "For Sale", "Yard Sale", and other classified word ads are 45 cents per word. Minimum classified word ad $9 (20 words).

LEGAL NOTICES: $7.25 per column inch. Display ads accepted only.

OBITUARIES: Obituaries that do not meet our free criteria will be charged to a funeral home, or paid in advance by an individual, at the rate of 25¢ per word. $15 additional for picture.

THANK YOUS: To thank someone in the newspaper, requires a Card Of Thanks. Those items are charged at the rate of 45 cents per word. $9 minimum. The same rate applies to IN MEMORIAMS.

TO SUBSCRIBE: The annual subscription rate for the Courier-Record (52 issues) is $24 per year in Nottoway, Lunenburg, Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, and Prince Edward counties. Elsewhere in Virginia, the rate is $35 per year. Elsewhere in the continental U. S., the rate is $45 per year.

NEWS STANDS: The Courier-Record is available on news stands at a number of stores in Nottoway and Lunenburg counties.