PRICE OF A HAIRCUT

A Mill Town Depression Story

         Ambrose, needing a haircut badly and knowing he did not have the money to pay for it, decided to approach the barber, Albert "Abe" Thompson, with a novel payment idea.

     "Hey, Abe, would you cut my hair for a cabbage?" Ambrose asked, holding out the best cabbage he could find from his garden.

    "Sure, I can do that," Abe replied. 

     "Thanks, Abe," Ambrose said as he was walking out the door after the cut job.

     "Wait a minute." Abe stopped him. "You forgot your change." 

     Ambrose turned with a puzzled look and Abe handed him a cucumber and a squash.

Image taken from the Stumptown Blogger, "Great Kodak Moments of Barber Shop Past" http://www.stumptownblogger.com/2009/06/more-great-kodak-moments-of-barber-shop-past.html

(This story was told by Kermit Paris, son of Ambrose. Both men worked for Rocky Mount Mills in Rocky Mount, NC.)