Eleven-year-old Sterling Smith was keen at being idle and solemn about his watermelon business. Those two qualities worked together for the young boy during the hot Mississippi summer of 1973 when he noticed four cars parading toward his watermelon stand on Highway 51 going northbound one scalding afternoon. “I would play a game with myself … Continue reading The Shrewd 11-year-old Who Wouldn’t Negotiate With Elvis Presley