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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 Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside
Directors, 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 Deferred
Compensation Plan for Outside Directors, 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 Deferred
Compensation Plan for Outside Directors, 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 Deferred
Compensation Plan for Outside Directors, 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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