Clayton Rand (May 25, 1891 - February 26, 1971) was an American columnist, writer, publisher, and public speaker. He was the publisher of the Dixie Press and the Dixie Guide in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he (co-)authored six books.

Life

Rand was born on May 25, 1891, in Onalaska, Wisconsin.^[1][2] He grew up in Bond, Mississippi, and graduated from Mississippi State University and Harvard Law School.^[1][2]

Rand began his career in journalism in 1918 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where he invested in The Neshoba Democrat.^[3] In 1925, he moved to Gulfport, Mississippi, and he purchased the Dixie Press and founded the Dixie Guide.^[1] Rand was the president of the Mississippi Press Association, and he (co-)authored six books.^[1] He was also a syndicated columnist,^[1] and "a popular conservative public speaker."^[3]

Rand married Ella May Smylie, and they had a son, Tom.^[4] He died on February 26, 1971, in Gulfport, Mississippi, at age 79,^[1][2][4] and he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.^[5]

Selected works

• Rand, Clayton (1936). Abracadabra: or, One Democrat to Another. Newark, Delaware: The Press of Kells. OCLC 702302477.
• Rand, Clayton (1940). Ink On My Hands. New York: Carrick & Evans. OCLC 1374427.
• Rand, Clayton (1940). Men of Spine in Mississippi. Gulfport, Mississippi: Dixie Press. OCLC 866197883.
• Rand, Clayton. Sparks in the Eyes.
• Rand, Clayton; Smitley, Robert (1958). The World Is Mine: Apollonius Philosopher and Financier. New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation. OCLC 937428684.
• Rand, Clayton (1961). Sons of the South: Portraits by Dalton Shourds, Harry Coughlin, Constance Joan Narr. New York: The Fairfax Press. ISBN 9780517262979. OCLC 995491261.