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                              UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D. C. 20549
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                                  Form 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 6,
2004

                               DAN RIVER INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Commission file number 1-13421



            GEORGIA                          58-1854637
     (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)          Identification No.)

          2291 Memorial Drive                24541
          Danville, Virginia                 (Zip Code)
          (Address of principal executive offices)

   Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (434) 799-
7000



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Item 5.  Other Events and Required FD Disclosure.

	On July 6, 2004, we filed our monthly operating report for
May of fiscal 2004, which includes the period from May 9, 2004 to
June 5, 2004, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of Georgia.  The periodic financial information
contained in the monthly operating report is attached as Exhibit
99.1.  The monthly operating report is required to be filed in
connection with our voluntary petitions for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

	Readers should not place undue reliance upon the financial
information contained in our monthly operating reports.  The
information is unaudited and includes only the information, and in
the format, which is prescribed by the applicable bankruptcy laws.
The information in monthly operating reports may be for shorter
periods or may otherwise be presented differently from the
information contained in our annual and quarterly reports filed
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit

99.1 		     Monthly Operating Report for month of
                              May 2004
















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                                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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                   DAN RIVER INC. (Registrant)



Date:  July 7, 2004                /s/ Harry L. Goodrich
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                                   Harry L. Goodrich
                                   Vice President






























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                                   INDEX

Exhibit No.              Description of Exhibit
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99.1 			 Monthly Operating Report for the month
			 of May 2004