page_title: Narciso Gener Gonzales
section_title: Founding of The State
hierarchical_section_title: Narciso Gener Gonzales / Founding of The State
caption_attribution_description: English: Principal Characters in the Tillman Trial: Narciso Gener Gonzales, James H. Tillman, and the State Capital building of Columbia, South Carolina, in front of which Tillman shot Gonzales.
context_page_description: Narciso Gener Gonzales was born in Eddingsville, Edisto Island, South Carolina. He and his brother, Ambrose E. Gonzales, were the founders of The State newspaper in the state capital, Columbia.
context_section_description: In 1891, he and his brother Ambrose E. Gonzales (1857–1926) founded The State, a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. It supported a number of progressive causes; its editorials called for an end to lynching, the reform of child labor laws, and women's suffrage. The paper was also frequently critical of the policies of Benjamin Tillman, who had been elected governor of South Carolina in 1890.
caption: Gonzales, Tillman
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