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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of 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 or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or 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. 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, 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 or 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, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this 10th day of June, 1999.



/s/John L. Clendenin                         /s/John H. McArthur
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John L. Clendenin                            John H. McArthur


/s/Leroy S. Close                            /s/Robin B. Smith
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Leroy S. Close                               Robin B. Smith


/s/Charles W. Coker                          /s/Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
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Charles W. Coker                             Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.






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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. 1999 Incentive
Stock Plan, 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 10th
day of June, 1999.


                                        /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. 1999 Incentive
Stock Plan, 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 11th
day of June, 1999.


                                        /s/Aldo Papone
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                                        Aldo Papone
                                        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. 1999 Incentive
Stock Plan, 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 7th
day of June, 1999.


                                        /s/Stewart Turley
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                                        Stewart Turley
                                        Director












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