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 Gulfport is the second-largest city in Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co-county seat of Harrison County and the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan ...

, and he (co-)authored six books.

Life

Rand was born on May 25, 1891, in

Onalaska, Wisconsin Onalaska is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,803 at the 2020 census. It borders the larger La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is a part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Area. Onalaska is built on a ...

. He grew up in

Bond, Mississippi Bond is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northern Stone County, Mississippi, United States. The community is situated approximately north of Wiggins on U.S. Route 49, and is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area ...

, and graduated from

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

and

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

. Rand began his career in journalism in 1918 in

Philadelphia, Mississippi Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,118 at the 2020 census. History Philadelphia is incorporated as a municipality; it was given its current name in 1903, two year ...

, where he invested in ''The Neshoba Democrat''. In 1925, he moved to

, and he purchased the ''Dixie Press'' and founded the ''Dixie Guide''. Rand was the president of the

Mississippi Press Association The Mississippi Press Association is a trade association located in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi, which represents newspapers from Mississippi that are published at least weekly and are for sale to a general readership. Erle Johnston, ...

, and he (co-)authored six books. He was also a syndicated columnist, and "a popular conservative public speaker." Rand married Ella May Smylie, and they had a son, Tom. He died on February 26, 1971, in Gulfport, Mississippi, at age 79, and he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Selected works

* * * * * *

References

External links

Works by Clayton Rand
on the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...

1891 births 1971 deaths People from Gulfport, Mississippi People from Onalaska, Wisconsin Mississippi State University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Journalists from Mississippi American columnists Writers from Mississippi Writers from Wisconsin 20th-century American newspaper publishers (people) 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-bio-stub