Don't cut the chatter: At C-Bo’s Barber Shop in Richlands, the haircuts are traditional, but the talk is always in style

STORY AND PHOTOS BY EILEEN BRADY
THE DAILY NEWS OF JACKSONVILLE, N.C.

The wooden screen door slams against its frame, announcing the arrival of the next customer. The noise doesn’t break C-Bo Brinson’s concentration on the head at hand. Not until the haircut is finished, anyway.
His customers don’t mind waiting. For some, getting a haircut is their secondary mission. They’ve really come to sit among other men and catch up on the latest scuttlebutt. They wouldn’t dare call it gossip. That’s the stuff of beauty parlors.
Soon, another customer is announced by the slamming door. “How’s C-Bo?” he asks.
“He’s kickin’,” C-Bo answers,

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