Just 'Smith'

Rico says that one of his fondest memories of his childhood is the time he was visiting his grandparents in his mother's hometown of Robersonville, North Carolina and was left by his grandfather, who had to make a delivery, to go to lunch with his assistant, known only as 'Smith'.
This is only memorable because this was the early 1960s, and Smith was black.
When we marched off to the local restaurant, Smith left Rico standing in the restaurant, saying he had to 'go around the back'.
Thinking that was a euphemism for going to the bathroom, Rico waited awhile (he was only about ten at the time), then decided to go find Smith, who was 'around the back', but not visiting the toilet.
When Rico sat down with him, however, it was to protests of 'no, no, you have to go inside' (meaning 'with all the white folks'), but Rico, in childish innocence, said 'no, I came to have lunch with you', which he did.
According to Rico's mother, the report of his 'outrageous' behavior was all over town by mid-afternoon. She, having long ago given up her Southern prejudice, was very proud of him...

(At Rico's last visit to the town, the restaurant, like Rico's grandfather's shop, below, was gone.)