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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0287|
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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) |
|RICHARDS PHIL |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) | | |
| | | July 1998 | |
| | | | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
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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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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| 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) |
| | | | | |(A) | | Month |or | |
| | |Code| V | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|Common Stock | 07/14/1998 | M | | 50000 | A | $14.1440| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/14/1998 | S | | 33000 | D | $45.4750| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/15/1998 | M | | 1610 | A | $14.1440| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/15/1998 | M | | 23392 | A | $14.1440| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/15/1998 | S | | 23392 | D | $46.7425| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/16/1998 | M | | 2423 | A | $14.1440| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/16/1998 | M | | 19358 | A | $21.9200| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 07/16/1998 | S | | 23391 | D | $45.1034| 50751 | D | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1474 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (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 | |Month |or | |
| | | |---------|---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|Stock Opti| $14.1440|07/14| M | | | 50000|04/01|06/03|Common Sto| 50000| $14.1440 | | | |
|on | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $14.1440|07/15| M | | | 1610|04/01|06/03|Common Sto| 1610| $14.1440 | 0| D | |
|on | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $14.1440| | | | | |12/03|06/03|Common Sto| 53621| | 53621| D | |
|on | | | | | | | 2005| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $14.1440|07/15| M | | | 23392|04/01|06/03|Common Sto| 23392| $14.1440 | | | |
|on | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $14.1440|07/16| M | | | 2423|04/01|06/03|Common Sto| 2423| $14.1440 | 0| D | |
|on | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $14.1440| | | | | |12/03|06/03|Common Sto| 26808| | 26808| D | |
|on | | | | | | | 2005| 2006|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.9600| | | | | |09/21|03/21|Common Sto| 33202| | 33202| D | |
|on | | | | | | | 2006| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $20.9600| | | | | |09/21|03/21|Common Sto| 16601| | 16601| D | |
|on | | | | | | | 2006| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $21.9200|07/16| M | | | 19358|06/02|06/02|Common Sto| 19358| $21.9200 | 0| D | |
|on | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2097|ck | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $21.9200| | | | | |06/02|06/02|Common Sto| 20108| | 20108| D | |
|on | | | | | | | 1999| 2007|ck | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/BOB CARPENTER for Phil Richards 08/10/1998
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 1474 (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
RICHARDS, PHIL Dollar General Corporation JUL-1998 PAGE: 2 OF 2
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