George W. Cavin of Nacogdoches had a sawmill along the Cotton Belt at Warsaw in 1909. The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review in March 1909 reported that George W. Cavin sold his sawmills in Nacogdoches and Angelina counties for $50,000 and paid $10,000 for the Kirbyville mill.
Sidney S. Moss mortgaged to George Cavin $1000 for the sawmill at Warsaw in 1911. Equipment included the sawmill, a boiler, a steam engine, a carriage, a gin feed, a #2 1/2 Hall & Brown Mississippi planer-matcher, edger, trimmer, cutoff saw, dollies, buggies, and a blacksmith ship.