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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
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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
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John L. Clendenin
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 17th
day of March, 1998.
s/Leroy S. Close
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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
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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
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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
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John H. McArthur
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/Aldo Papone
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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
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Donald S. Perkins
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, 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
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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.
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Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
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/Stewart Turley
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Stewart Turley
Director