J. H. Bussell ran a multi-mill operation near Lovelady, located on a twenty-one acre tract near Lovelady. His plant included a small sawmill, a sugar mill, a cotton gin and press, and a grist mill. He sold it for $600 to A. A. Bussell on September 10, 1903.
A. A. Bussell's small sawmill output was reported to be 2,000 feet daily in 1906.