Citation Information
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Title
State, The
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Coverage
1891 –
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Author
Robert A. Pierce
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Keywords
Narciso and Ambrose Gonzales, the main founders of the newspaper, were joined by their youngest brother, William, 1893 the State became the first newspaper in the Carolinas to use Linotype machines, Governor Benjamin “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman, James Tillman was soundly defeated in a race for governor in 1902. Several weeks later, on January 15, 1903, Tillman fatally shot Gonzales, became blander and stabilized financially under publisher William Elliott, editor-publisher S. L. Latimer, Jr., and president-publisher J. M. Blalock
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/state-the/view/images
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Access Date
April 26, 2024
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 25, 2022
