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Check this box if ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0362|
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[ ] Form 3 Holdings Rep. Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, ----------------------------
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
[ ] Form 4 Trans. Rep. Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
|MILANA SUSAN L |Dollar General Corporation (DG ) | |
| | | Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | X Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| 104 Woodmont Blvd., Suite 300 | (Voluntary) | | |
| | | 01/31/1999 | |
| | | | VICE PRESIDENT |
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| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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|Nashville TN 37205 | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | | | | Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
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| | | | |(A) | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|Common Stock | | | | | | 6948 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
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|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |08/25|08/25|Common Sto| 19750| | 19750| D | |
|on | | | | | | 1998| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |02/25|08/25|Common Sto| 31178 | | 31178 | D | |
|on | | | | | | 2007| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |02/25|08/25|Common Sto| 30565| | 30565| D | |
|on | | | | | | 2007| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |08/25|08/25|Common Sto| 15625| | 15625| D | |
|on | | | | | | 1998| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |02/25|08/25|Common Sto| 15588 | | 15588 | D | |
|on | | | | | | 2007| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|Stock Opti| $20.8640| | | | |02/25|08/25|Common Sto| 15282 | | 15282 | D | |
|on | | | | | | 2007| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|STOCK | $29.5 | | | | |04/01|4/27 |COMMON | 16712 | | 16712 | D | |
|OPTION | | | | | |2001 |2008 |STOCK | | | | | |
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|STOCK | | | | | |04/01 4/27 |COMMON | 8356 | | 8356 | D| |
|OPTION | $29.5 | | | | |2001 |2008 |STOCK | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
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|STOCK | | | | | |6/1/ |6/1 |COMMON | 11691 | | 11691 | D | |
|OPTION | $31.00 | | | | |1999 |2008 |STOCK | | | | | |
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|STOCK | | | | | |6/1/ |6/1 |COMMON | 11462 | | 11462 | D | |
|OPTION | $31.00 | | | | |2000 |2008 |STOCK | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/BOB CARPENTER 03/15/1999
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
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