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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


[X] CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934


                         Date of Report: August 11, 2003


                          Commission File Number 1-3634

                             CONE MILLS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 North Carolina                                        56-0367025
(State or other jurisdiction)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


804 Green Valley Road, Suite 300, Greensboro, N.C.           27408
(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 336-379-6220











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                                     PART II


Item 5.  Other Events and Required FD Disclosure


Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form 8-K.

(c)      Exhibits

         99.1 Press release issued by Cone Mills Corporation on August 11, 2003.


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

The  following  information  is  furnished  pursuant to Item 9,  "Regulation  FD
Disclosure".  On August 11, 2003, Cone Mills Corporation issued a press release.
A copy of the press  release  is  attached  hereto as  Exhibit  99.1 and  hereby
incorporated by reference.

All  information  in the press release is being  furnished to the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Form 8-K and the Press  Release  attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are being
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Item 9 of the Form 8-K
in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD.




                                                              SIGNATURES




Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                         CONE MILLS CORPORATION
                                         (Registrant)




Date:    August 11, 2003                 /s/Neil W. Koonce
                                         Neil W. Koonce
                                         Vice President, General Counsel and
                                         Secretary



Exhibit
  No.     Description

 99.1     Press release issued by Cone Mills Corporation on August 11, 2003.