The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
MIR, TARVER HAS 4 NARROW ESCAPE Residence Burns Down Near
 Selma J. WARREN HUDSON DIES Was Promising Young Business Man of Selms-TriaI of Negro, Jim Jones, Is Postponed to
 Next Monday.
J. WARREN HUDSON DIES

Semas August 19.-(Special)-In the confagration that consumed the old Me- Twain home about seven miles from the city, now the property of MT. and Mrs. w. B. Tarver, the first named had nar- row escape from being suffocated by smoke.
 MT. Tarver and his son Bennie were in one side of the house, which is a large two-story affair of the ante-bellum type, in fact it is one of the oldest houses in the county, and MT. J. w. Rountree and family occupied the other half of the residence. Early in the night MT. Tar yer, while walking with lamp in the hall, stumbled over rug and the lamp falling from his hands exploded and set fire to some papers in an old secretary The secretary stood near the wall from which a large piece of clustering had fal- len. Water was secured and the incipi- ent blaze was thought to have been en- tirely extinguished. Later, about o'clock in the morning, the entire building was found in flames 1t being supposed that some sparks went through the laths and set fire to the inside of the wall, the flames ascending rapidly and communi- eating themselves to the roof of the building, which was in full flame when the fire was discovered
 Mr. Tarver was awakened by the negro and was gotten from the building only q short while before the roof fell in. MT nd fa Dnilv ont in, y11a ,f time. MT. Tarver lost practically all of his clothing and MT. Rountree lost all of his effects except few bed clothes.
 The building was an old landmark, hav- ing been built by the father of Messrs. Pink and John McIlwain. Many good time has been had within It's portals in the days before and since the war. It's destruction was complete, but it Is re- markabe that so still was the night that not single outhouse, barn or even the well curbing only a few feet from the houes was scorched. The flames went straight in the air and the sparks were extinguished before they fell.
 Death of Young Man.
 With n shock that was trying on his friends and loved ones came the news today of the death of J. Warren Hud- son, at his mothers home on Church street in this city. Since his return to this city from Arkansas upon the injury to his brother. II. II. Hudson about the middle of July, Mr. Hudson had not been well. Lately he has had fever but was able to go to Shelby Springs on Tuesday of the past weeR accompanying his mother, who was also quite i'll. Saturday evening both re- turned, the change not being beneficial and Sunday morning Mr. Hudson went down to the doctors office and was up town for a few hours. His friends not ed that he was looking very badly but nc idea came to them that within twenty four hours he would be dead.
 This morning about o'clock he was taken with hemmorhage from his left lung. His physician was summon ed and he seemed to get some better Later, about daylight another hem morhage came and at fifteen minutes to seven o'clock death ensued.
 J. Warren Hudson. Jr.. was the sec son of J. Warren Hudson and Miss Emma Haralson. He took up the pro- fession of his father, that of cotton buying, and was an expert, having in later years been located in Texas and Arkansas. where he had been very sue cessful until the last two years. He had accepted position with a Mont gomery concern for the coming season in order to Be near his mother, whose health is feeble and who would be alone for some months until MT. II II. Hudson recovers from the injury received, which yet confines him to his room in pr. Hill's sanatorium in Montgomery.
 Dr. Lawrence Hudson of Hattiesburg a younger brother, and Mrs. K. s. Hill of Montgomery, who was Miss Bessie Hudson survive him besides his mother and his brother, H. H. Hudson of this city.
 Warren Hudson grew to young man hood in Selma. He was big -h ca rted genial in disposition, loyal to his friends He was about 37 years of age and his death comes as severe blow to the invalid mother and other rela- tives. The funeral will take place to- morrow morning.
 Trial Postponed.
 About two hundred negroes from the KeIsor neigh borhood were in the city today to attend the trial of Jim Jones negro whose wife has mysterlously dis Justice I. D. Lloyd, and on motion of the states attorney was continued un- iii next Monday morning. It the mean time one more search will be made for the woman's body. It is thought the negro, if he did make away with the woman, dumped her body into the Alabama river. after having weighted 1t down. Thus far nothing is known as to the whereabouts of the woman oi her body.