The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-04-27
THE BIRTH
OF A NATION
Will BE Shown at the Opera House
Commencing May 1st For
Entire Week
WORLDS FAMOUS MOVIE
a Large Number Of Little Twin
People Saw the Show at Far.
go A Short Time Ago

At the outset OF the narrative,
Ben Cameron (the famous Little
Colonel of the play, represented
by Henry B. Walthally is in love
with Elsie Stoneman LILLIAN Gishl
a northern girl, who farther is bit
ter against the cause of the south
and who afterwars turns out to
be the notorious leader of the
''carpetbaggers.''
'Stoneman' joins forces with
the ambitious negro, Lynch, to
control the free nigger' vote and
ride into office through the opera
ton.
The cruel war. in which the
Little Colonel gallantly wins his
spurs, intervenes, and four long
and painful years art the lovers
separated.
Stoneman has always disliked
Ben Cameron for his strictly
Southern spirit, and the war and
the bitter hatreds it has engend-
cred has built barrier between
the two, proud younger hearts.
Cameron refusal, later on, to
countenance Lynch, Stoneman's
pet, further rnrages Elsie's far
ther.
After the unprincipled mulatto,
who has been playing a double
game between the whites and the
blacks, decides he has Stoneman
''where he wants him. he attempts
TO put in execution his possession
of The lovely and helpless 'daught-
er.
Lynch had always determined to
found ''black empire" in the
South, with himself as The En-
peror,' and now, drunk with wine
and cursed ambition, he resolves
to CROWN it all with glory by max
ing Elsie the white empress.
His devilish opportunity comes
when sudden dire necessity com
pels the girl to call at his house
in quest Of her father.
He seizes her and gives orders
)put all in readiness for forced
marriage between them. Stone
man arrives at the house, but is
mot admitted past the colored
guards. He attempts to dictate,
but is laughed at. Now he real
izes when it is too late where his
uvprreachng tactics have landed
him and his innocent child, but
he is broken and helpless and alb
solutely at the mercy of the de-
vilish Lynch. who has the upper
hand, with The free niggers and
the colored militia back of him.
Nothing could have saved the
unfortunate girl at that moment
from fate more dista>teful than
death but the timely intervention
of Leader Ben Cameron and his
fearless Clansmen. who pictures
quely bear down upon the rende-
zous and break up the rcpulsive
proceedings. occasioning one Of
the blnudicst fights recorded in
the picture.
This brings old Stoneman to
his senses and he has no further
opposition to Cameron; it also
settles all the false pride on love-
ly EIsie's part. who has been thus
saved from such a horrible fate.
Those who witness this telling
situation as we'll as the many
others in this great work Of works
ID. w. Gritfith's The Birth of }
Nation, will be moved untn their
blood fairly leaps in their veins.
1t is a series of sights which
makes civilization ooze up in the
human breast.
The Birth Of Nation with its
Wonderful symphony Orchestra,
of thirty high class artists. will
be the attraction at the Opera
House, Wahpeton, N. d.. May ist
for one whole week starting on
Monday Matinee with Matinees
daily at 2:l5 and Nights at 8:i5.