DOLLAR GENERAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Apr 17, 2003

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Robbins James D.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dollar General Corporation (DG)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give [] Other (specify title below) below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 100 Mission Ridge	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year April 15, 2003
(Street) Goodlettsville, TN 37072		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
		Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/15/03	P		1,000	(A)	$13.60	3,000	(D)
Common Stock							1,000	(I)	As trustee for the JDR, Jr. Trust
Common Stock							300	(I)	As custodian for child’s account

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr.3) — Code	V	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) — (A)	(D)	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (mm/dd/yy) — Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) — Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	4/17/03
	**Signature of Reporting Person Attorney-in-Fact	Date
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