This mill appeared in an advertisement in the January 1907 issue of the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review as a mill of the West-Davison Lumber Company which was closely associated with the Continental Lumber Company. It was originally in the portfolio of the Davidson-Ingram Lumber Company. The plant, according to American Lumberman, was shut down for some time in 1908. By 1909, this company was known as the W. West Lumber Company; both West Lumber and Orange Lumber companies handled the sales for the Lovelady plant.