Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1911 — WALKING TO SAVANNAH IN TIME FOR AUTO RACES. [ARTICLE]

WALKING TO SAVANNAH IN TIME FOR AUTO RACES.

Two Pleasant Gentlemen Spent Night At Makeever House and Talk of Their Long Hike.

It’s a long way to Savannah, Ga., if you have to foot it. At 10 o’clock Wednesday night John F. Kilejr and,Bert G. Dyal, two gentlemen from Savannah, Ga., arrived in Rensselaer and put up for the night at the Makeever house. They were arrayed in khaki suits and across each was painted the words “Walking to Savannah, Ga., in time for the auto races.”

The men left Chicago early Monday morning and are following the auto road to the south. They started to travel night and day, but they soon played out, and when they reached Rensselaer they were footsore and ready for a good night’s rest. They did not leave Rensselaer today, Thursday, until 11:30 o'clock. Their route was to be through Remington and'Lafayette to Indianapolis, where they had caused their trunks to be shipped. In coming from Shelby Wednesday the travelers had become lost and gone some seven miles out of their way. They claim to be taking the trip solely for pleasure and the novelty of the experience, and as proof of their statement, they bear credentials from Geo. W. Tiedman, mayor o£ Savannah, and J. F. Gray, vice-presi-dent and chairman of the executive committee of the Savannah chamber of commerce. The letters set forth ißa't 'tb'e gentlemen "have announced their intention of walking from Chicago to Savannah in time to attend the Vanderbilt cup and international grand prize races to be held in Savannah on Nov. 27th to 30th. The men are to make their living en route by selling postcards or doing such -other things as they can to earn money. They are both fine looking gentlemen. One is engaged in the lumber business and the other is a real estate man. They say that they do not intend to punish themselves in order to. make the entire tfip by foot, but they will at least walk to Indianapolis, and after a rest there, if they do not feel like continuing the trip on foot, they will take a train to Louisville, have a rest and then again take up their journey by foot