SPRINGS INDUSTRIES INC
S-8, 1998-04-01
BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 1998
                                                      Registration No.
                                                                      ----------
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ----------------------------

                             SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         South Carolina                                     57-0252730
(State or other jurisdiction                              (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)

                             205 North White Street
                         Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

                            SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC.
                            1991 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                C. Powers Dorsett
               Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary
                            Springs Industries, Inc.
                             205 North White Street
                         Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (803) 547-3768
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent of service)

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of              Amount          Proposed      Proposed        Amount of
securities            to be           maximum       maximum         registration
to be                 registered      offering      aggregate       fee
registered                            price per     offering
                                      share (1)     price
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                <C>         <C>              <C>       
Class A Common 
Stock
par value          1,250,000 shares   $55.15625   $68,945,312.50   $20,338.87
$.25 per
share
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)      Estimated, pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of
         1933, solely for calculation of the registration fee, based on the
         average of the high and low prices per share of the Class A Common
         Stock on March 30, 1998, on the New York Stock Exchange.



================================================================================

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         The Exhibit Index appears after the Signature Page of this Registration
Statement.



                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

         Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the
Registration Statement filed by Springs Industries, Inc. (the "Company") under
Registration Number 33-46260, as amended, with respect to securities offered
pursuant to the Company's 1991 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (the "Plan"),
are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the Registrant hereby deems
such contents to be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by
this Registration Statement.






                                     PART II

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         The opinion as to the validity of the securities being registered has
been furnished by C. Powers Dorsett, Senior Vice President-General Counsel and
Secretary of the Registrant, who is eligible for and who has received awards
under the Plan.



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                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on April 1, 1998.

                                      SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                      By:   s/C. Powers Dorsett
                                          -----------------------------------
                                               C. Powers Dorsett
                                               Senior Vice President-
                                               General Counsel & Secretary

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.

                                                              Date:

 Principal Executive       s/Crandall C. Bowles               March 30, 1998
 Officer:                  -------------------------------
                           Crandall C. Bowles
                           Director, President & Chief 
                           Executive officer


                                                              Date:

 Principal Financial       s/James F. Zahrn                   April 1, 1998
 Officer:                  -------------------------------
                           James F. Zahrn
                           Executive Vice President and
                           Chief Financial Officer


                                                              Date:

 Principal Accounting      s/Charles M. Metzler               April 1, 1998
 Officer:                  -------------------------------
                           Charles M. Metzler
                           Vice President-Controller






                       (signatures continued on next page)

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 Directors:                                                      Date:
 John F. Akers*
 John L. Clendenin*                                              April 1, 1998
 Leroy S. Close*               By:  s/C. Powers Dorsett
                                   --------------------
 Charles W. Coker*                 C. Powers Dorsett
 Walter Y. Elisha*                 (attorney-in-fact)*
 John H. McArthur*                 April 1, 1998
 Aldo Papone*
 Donald S. Perkins*
 Robin B. Smith*
 Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.*
 Stewart Turley*               *by power of attorney



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<TABLE>

<S>               <C>
Exhibit 4.1       Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended and
                  currently in effect [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a)
                  to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994]

Exhibit 4.2       Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and currently in
                  effect [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) of
                  Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed March 27, 1998]

Exhibit 4.3       Amendments to Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive Stock
                  Plan [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to
                  Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed May 14, 1996, and
                  Exhibit 10(j) to Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed March
                  28, 1997]

Exhibit 5.1       Opinion of C. Powers Dorsett

Exhibit 23.1      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exhibit 23.2      Consent of C. Powers Dorsett (included in Exhibit 5.1)

Exhibit 24.1      Powers of Attorney of certain Directors
</TABLE>



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                                                                     Exhibit 5.1











April 1, 1998




Springs Industries, Inc.
205 North White Street
Fort Mill, SC   29715

Re:  Opinion of Counsel

This opinion is furnished in connection with the registration by Springs
Industries, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), of 1,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.25 par value
(the "Shares"), which are to be offered by the Company through its 1991
Incentive Stock Plan, as amended.

As General Counsel of the Company, I am of the opinion, based upon my
familiarity with the affairs of the Company and upon my examination of the law
and pertinent documents, that the Shares, when issued pursuant to the Plan, will
be legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the
Company.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement with
respect to the Shares under the 1933 Act.

Sincerely yours,




C. Powers Dorsett




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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1





INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Springs Industries, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated February 2, 1998
(February 17, 1998, as to the last paragraph in Note 10), incorporated by
reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Springs Industries, Inc. for the
year ended January 3, 1998.



s/Deloitte & Touche LLP

Charlotte, North Carolina

March 31, 1998




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                                                                    Exhibit 24.1
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 23rd
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/John F. Akers
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   John F. Akers
                                   Director



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/John L. Clendenin
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   John L. Clendenin
                                   Director



<PAGE>   2


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Leroy S. Close
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Leroy S. Close
                                   Director




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Charles W. Coker
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Charles W. Coker
                                   Director



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Walter Y. Elisha
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Walter Y. Elisha
                                   Director




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th
day of March, 1998.




                                   s/John H. McArthur
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   John H. McArthur
                                   Director



<PAGE>   4


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Aldo Papone
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Aldo Papone
                                   Director




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Donald S. Perkins
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Donald S. Perkins
                                   Director



<PAGE>   5


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for her and in her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Robin B. Smith
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Robin B. Smith
                                   Director




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
                                   Director



<PAGE>   6


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a director
of Springs Industries, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Crandall C. Bowles, C. Powers Dorsett, Robert W.
Sullivan, and James F. Zahrn, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one
or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
Form S-8 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may deem
necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities in connection with the Springs Industries, Inc. 1991 Incentive
Stock Plan, as amended, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to
the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 16th
day of March, 1998.


                                   s/Stewart Turley
                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Stewart Turley
                                   Director





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