in 1915 Mr James Horn sold his general store and drapery business along with the Stone Store building to D A Jolly & Sons. D A Jolly was born at Arbroath, Scotland in 1842. He came to port Chalmers as a seaman in the ship 'Aboukir' in 1862, and soon joined the Dunstan gold rush. Mr Jolly was one of the first miners at Quartz Reef Point and had some success. in 1869 he put his money into a general store business in Cromwell. He retired to Dunedin in 1906 and died there aged 74 years on Aug 27, 1916. His business was carriedon by his sons William, Ernest and David. Then Leslie joined the firm after William was killed in the first world war. David sold out in 1926, while Ernest and Leslie carried on until Leslie's untimely death on Jan 25 1943. The Cromwell business was then sold to E J Goodall. D A Jolly took over the bannockburn Store in 1915 from James Horn on condition that the existing manager Mr J P Parcell was kept on to run the store. The Managers wages were increased from £2 (two pound) to £3,1 (three pound one shilling per week) so Mr Parcell was happy to keep his job as the Manager. Mr J P Parcell continued to manage the Bannockburn Store until 1924. Business was very poor and Mr Parcell advised Jolly & Sons to close the Bannockburn store. So in 1924 the Stone Store was closed down and Mr Parcell went to work in the Cromwell store where his wages were increased to £5 (five pound) per week. During the period that D A Jolly & Sons owned the Stone Store various people worked in the business : General Store : ------------------- John Parcell (1915-1924 Manager £3-10 per week) James Brown Graham (1920-1922) Drapery : ------------- Miss Isabella McWhirter (1915-1918)