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|F O R M 4| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0287|
[ ] Check this box if |Expires: September 30,1998|
no longer Subject Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, |Estimated ave. burden |
to Section 16. Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
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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) |
|TURNER JAMES S |Dollar General Corporation (DG) | |
| | | Director X 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| 104 Woodmont Blvd., Suite 300 | (Voluntary) | | |
| | | May 1998 | |
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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) | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 135314 | D | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 28900 | I |Spouse |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 81947 | I |Foster Dugas Tr |
| | | | | | | | | |ust |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 81947 | I |Bruce Dugas Tru |
| | | | | | | | | |st |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 81947 | I |Stephen Dugas T |
| | | | | | | | | |rust |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | $.0000| 18285 | I |James S. Turner |
| | | | | | | | | | Charitable Fdn |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|DOLLAR GENERAL STRYPES | 05/21/1998 | J | | 7500000 | A | $.0000| | |CO-TRUSTEE, DG |
| | |(01)| | | | | | |STRYPES TRUST |
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|DOLLAR GENERAL STRYPES | 05/21/1998 | S | | 7500000 | D | $39.4375| 0 | I |CO-TRUSTEE, DG |
| | |(01)| | | | | | |STRYPES TRUST |
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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) | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Series "A"| | | | | | | | |Common Sto| 24623749 | | 1613742| I |Co-Tstee 1|
| Conv Jr. | | | | | | | | |ck | | | | |980 Turner|
|Preferred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Child Tst|
| | | | | | | | (05)| | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Series "A"| | | | | | | | |Common Sto| 447006 | | 29295 | I |TSTEE FDN.|
| Conv Jr. | | | | | | | | |ck | | | | | FOR LINDS|
|Preferred | | | | | | | | | | | | | |EY WILSON |
| | )| | | | | | (05)| | | | | | | |
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|Other | |05/21| J | | 7500000| |05/21|05/15|DOLLAR GEN| 7500000| | 7500000| I |CO-TRUSTEE|
| | | 1998| | | | | 1998| 2001|ERAL STRYP| | | | |, DG STRYP|
| | | | | | | | | |ES | | | | |ES TRUST |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering of shares of The Dollar General STYPRES Trust, effective 5/21/98.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/JAMES S. TURNER 06/10/1998
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
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