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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Holmes Charles S.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
P.O. Box 2850
(Street)
Southampton NY 11969
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Empire of Carolina, Inc. (EMP)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement of Month/Year
October 1997
5. If Amendment, Date or Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title Other
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7. Individual or Join/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------- ------------------------- End of (D) ficial
Year) (A) Month Indirect Owner-
Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) ship
(D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 8-92)
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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 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of posed of (D)
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
ative Day/ Year)
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Date Expira-
Code (A) (D) Exer- tion
cisable Date
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Warrants to Purchase Common Stock $1.375 10/10/97 P 625,000 Immediat 5/6/03
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Underlying Securities Deriv of Deriv- ship ture
ative ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Secur- Secur- of De- direct
ity ities rivative Bene-
(Instr. Bene Secu- ficial
5) ficially rity: Own-
Owned Direct ership
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Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 625,000 $0.00* 2,703,252 D
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Explanation of Responses:
* Warrants to purchase shares of common stock were issued to the reporting
person in connection with the closing by the Issuer of the Further Financing
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 5, 1997, as
amended. The reporting person paid no consideration in cash or property for the
acquisition of such warrants.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Charles S. Holmes 11/06/97
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Charles S. Holmes
