STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT


         THIS STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this  "Agreement"),  is entered into as of
October  3,  2003,  by and among  DELTA  APPAREL,  INC.,  a Georgia  corporation
("Delta"),  MJS  ACQUISITION  COMPANY,  a  North  Carolina  corporation  ("MJS";
together with Delta,  each a "Pledgor" and  collectively,  the "Pledgors"),  and
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (SOUTHERN),  a Georgia corporation,  as agent for
Delta  Lenders  (as  defined  below) and as agent for Soffe  Lenders (as defined
below) (in either or both capacities, "Secured Party").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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         WHEREAS,  Secured Party,  the financial  institutions  party thereto as
lenders (collectively, "Soffe Lenders") and MJS are parties to that certain Loan
and  Security  Agreement,  dated the date hereof (as the same now exists and may
hereafter be amended,  modified,  supplemented,  extended,  renewed, restated or
replaced from time to time, the "Soffe Loan  Agreement"),  and other agreements,
documents and  instruments  referred to therein or at any time  executed  and/or
delivered in connection therewith or related thereto, including, but not limited
to, the Financing  Agreements (as defined in the Soffe Loan  Agreement) and this
Agreement (all of the foregoing,  together with the Soffe Loan Agreement, as the
same now exist or may hereafter be amended,  modified,  supplemented,  extended,
renewed,  restated or replaced from time to time, being collectively referred to
herein as the "Soffe Financing  Agreements") pursuant to which Soffe Lenders may
make loans and advances and provide other financial accommodations to MJS as set
forth therein; and

         WHEREAS,  as an  inducement to Secured Party and Soffe Lenders to enter
into the Soffe Loan Agreement and to make the loans thereunder, Delta has agreed
to guarantee the obligations of MJS to Secured Party and Soffe Lenders  pursuant
to  that  certain  Guarantee  dated  the  date  hereof  (as  amended,  modified,
supplemented,  extended or restated from time to time, the "Soffe Loan Agreement
Guarantee"),  by Delta and SAIM,  LLC in favor of  Secured  Party,  on behalf of
Secured Party and Soffe Lenders,  and has agreed to secure its obligations under
the Soffe Loan Agreement Guarantee as provided herein; and

         WHEREAS,  Secured Party,  the financial  institutions  party thereto as
lenders   (collectively,   "Delta   Lenders";   together  with  Soffe   Lenders,
collectively,  "Lenders")  and Delta are  parties to that  certain  Amended  and
Restated  Loan and  Security  Agreement,  dated the date hereof (as the same now
exists and may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented,  extended, renewed,
restated or replaced  from time to time,  the "Delta Loan  Agreement";  together
with the Soffe Loan Agreement,  each a "Loan  Agreement" and  collectively,  the
"Loan Agreements"), and other agreements,  documents and instruments referred to
therein or at any time  executed  and/or  delivered in  connection  therewith or
related  thereto,  including,  but not limited to, the Financing  Agreements (as
defined in the Delta Loan  Agreement)  and this Agreement (all of the foregoing,
together with the Delta Loan  Agreement,  as the same now exist or may hereafter
be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from
time to time,  being  collectively  referred  to herein as the "Delta  Financing
Agreements";  together with the Soffe  Financing  Agreements,  each a "Financing
Agreement" and collectively, the "Financing Agreements") pursuant to which Delta



Lenders may make loans and advances and provide other  financial  accommodations
to Delta as set forth therein; and

         WHEREAS,  as an  inducement to Secured Party and Delta Lenders to enter
into the Delta Loan Agreement and to make the loans  thereunder,  MJS has agreed
to  guarantee  the  obligations  of Delta to  Secured  Party and  Delta  Lenders
pursuant to that certain Guarantee dated the date hereof (as amended,  modified,
supplemented,  extended or restated from time to time, the "Delta Loan Agreement
Guarantee"; together with the Soffe Loan Agreement Guarantee, each a "Guarantee"
and collectively,  the  "Guarantees"),  by MJS and SAIM, LLC in favor of Secured
Party,  on behalf of Secured Party and Delta  Lenders,  and has agreed to secure
its obligations under the Delta Loan Agreement Guarantee as provided herein; and

         WHEREAS,  MJS is a Subsidiary of Delta, and each Pledgor has determined
that it will realize substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the
loans and other financial  accommodations extended to the other Pledgor pursuant
to the Loan Agreements,  and such Pledgor's execution,  delivery and performance
of this Agreement are within such Pledgor's  corporate or other purposes and are
in the best interests of such Pledgor; and

         WHEREAS,  it is a condition  precedent to the execution and delivery of
the Soffe Loan  Agreement by Secured  Party and Soffe  Lenders and the execution
and delivery of the Delta Loan  Agreement by Secured Party and Delta Lenders and
the extension of the loans and other  financial  accommodations  to the Pledgors
under the Loan  Agreements  that each Pledgor execute and deliver this Agreement
to Secured Party; and

         WHEREAS,  in consideration  for, among other things,  the execution and
delivery of the Soffe Loan  Agreement by Secured Party and Soffe Lenders and the
execution  and delivery of the Delta Loan  Agreement by Secured  Party and Delta
Lenders, and to secure the full and prompt payment and performance of all of the
Secured Obligations (as hereinafter defined),  each Pledgor has agreed to pledge
to Secured  Party,  for the benefit of Secured  Party,  Soffe  Lenders and Delta
Lenders,  the Capital  Stock owned by such Pledgor  (collectively,  the "Pledged
Interests")  set forth next to such Pledgor's name on Schedule 1 attached hereto
in  each  of  the  Persons  referenced  thereon   (collectively,   the  "Pledged
Companies"),  which are all the equity  interests  owned by such  Pledgor in the
Pledged Companies, except as set forth herein, in order to ensure and secure the
prompt  performance of all covenants,  agreements and liabilities of the parties
under the Financing Agreements (each, a "Financing Party" and collectively,  the
"Financing  Parties")  and the prompt  repayment  of any and all now existing or
hereafter  arising  Obligations  (as defined in the Loan  Agreements)  and other
obligations of the Financing Parties under the Financing Agreements  (including,
without limitation,  any interest,  fees or other charges in respect of the Loan
Agreements  and the other  Financing  Agreements  that would  accrue but for the
filing of an insolvency  proceeding with respect to any Pledgor,  whether or not
such claim is allowed in such insolvency proceeding);

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  for and in  consideration  of the foregoing and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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         1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Delta Loan  Agreement to the extent not  otherwise
defined or limited herein;  provided,  however, that upon the termination of the
Delta Loan  Agreement,  capitalized  terms used herein  shall have the  meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Soffe Loan Agreement.

         2.  Warranty.  Each Pledgor  hereby  represents and warrants to Secured
Party that (a) such Pledgor owns the Pledged  Interests as set forth on Schedule
1,  which  Pledged  Interests  constitute  the  percentage  of  the  issued  and
outstanding  equity  interests  of the  Pledged  Companies  shown on  Schedule 1
attached  hereto,  and are, except for the security  interest created hereby and
the security interest granted in favor of Sellers in the Pledged Interests owned
by Delta in MJS,  free and clear of all liens;  (b) the  Pledged  Interests  set
forth on Schedule 1  constitute  all of the Capital  Stock owned by any Pledgor,
except for (a) Delta's  equity  interests  in Delta  Apparel  Honduras,  S.A., a
Honduras corporation, Delta Cortes, S. A., a Honduras corporation ("Cortes") and
Delta Campeche, S.A. de C.V., a Mexico corporation  ("Campeche"),  of which only
sixty-five  percent  (65%) of the Capital Stock of such entity owned by Delta is
being pledged by Delta; (c) such Pledged Interests are duly authorized,  validly
issued,  fully paid and  nonassessable;  (d) such  Pledgor has the  unencumbered
right and power to pledge such Pledged  Interests;  and (e) upon  execution  and
delivery of this  Agreement and delivery of the  certificates  representing  the
Pledged Interests owned by Pledgors, all actions necessary or desirable,  in the
opinion of Secured  Party,  to be taken by Pledgors to  perfect,  establish  the
first priority of, or otherwise protect,  the security interest of Secured Party
in the  Pledged  Interests,  and the  proceeds  thereof,  have been duly  taken.
Additionally,  each Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to Secured Party that
this  Agreement  has been  duly  executed  and  delivered  by such  Pledgor  and
constitutes its legal, valid and binding  obligation,  enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms.

         3. Security  Interest.  As security for the full and prompt payment and
performance  of the  Obligations  (as  defined  in  the  Loan  Agreements),  the
Guaranteed  Obligations (as defined in the Guarantees) and the other  covenants,
agreements and  liabilities of the Pledgors under the Loan Agreements and all of
the  obligations  of each  Financing  Party  to  Secured  Party  under  (i) this
Agreement,  (ii) the Delta  Loan  Agreement  Guarantee,  (iii)  the  Soffe  Loan
Agreement  Guarantee,  and (iv) other  Financing  Agreements and any extensions,
renewals or  amendments  to any of the  foregoing,  however  created,  acquired,
arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or
hereafter existing,  or due or to become due, whether arising before,  during or
after the initial or any renewal  term of the Soffe Loan  Agreement or the Delta
Loan  Agreement  or after the  commencement  of any case with  respect to either
Pledgor  under  the  United  States  Bankruptcy  Code  or  any  similar  statute
(including,  without limitation, the payment of interest and other amounts which
would  accrue and become due but for the  commencement  of such  case),  whether
direct or indirect,  absolute or contingent,  joint or several,  due or not due,
primary or secondary,  liquidated  or  unliquidated,  secured or unsecured,  and
however  acquired  by  Secured  Party or  Lenders,  together  with all other now

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existing  or  hereafter  arising  Guaranteed  Obligations  (as  defined  in  the
Guarantees) (all of the foregoing now existing or hereafter arising  obligations
being referred to,  collectively,  as the "Secured  Obligations"),  each Pledgor
hereby  unconditionally  pledges,  transfers,  conveys,  grants  and  assigns to
Secured  Party,  for the  benefit of Secured  Party and  Lenders,  a  continuing
security  interest in and security  title to all of the  following  property now
owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor
now has,  or may  acquire in the future,  any right,  title or interest  thereto
(collectively, the "Pledged Collateral"):

                  (a) the Pledged Interests and all  substitutions  therefor and
         replacements  thereof, all proceeds and products thereof and all rights
         relating  thereto,  including,  without  limitation,  any  certificates
         representing   the  Pledged   Interests,   the  right  to  receive  any
         certificates  representing any of the Pledged Interests,  all warrants,
         options,  share  appreciation  rights and other rights,  contractual or
         otherwise,  in respect thereof and of all dividends,  cash, instruments
         and other property from time to time received,  receivable or otherwise
         distributed  in respect of or in addition  to, in  substitution  of, on
         account of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Interests;

                  (b) all of such Pledgor's rights, powers and remedies (but not
         such  Pledgor's   obligations)  under  the  limited  liability  company
         operating   agreements  of  the  Pledged  Companies  that  are  limited
         liability  companies  (collectively,  the "Operating  Agreements")  and
         under the  partnership  agreements  of the Pledged  Companies  that are
         general  or  limited  partnerships   (collectively,   the  "Partnership
         Agreements"); and

                  (c) to the extent not  otherwise  included,  all  proceeds and
         products of any and all of the foregoing.

Each Pledgor has delivered to and deposited with Secured Party (a)  certificates
representing  the Pledged  Interests  owned by such Pledgor,  to the extent such
Pledged Interests are represented by certificates,  and (b) undated stock powers
or certificate  powers  endorsed in blank with respect to such  certificates  as
security  for the payment  and  performance  of all of the Secured  Obligations;
provided,  however,  that the certificates  representing  the Pledged  Interests
owned by Delta in Cortes and  Campeche and undated  stock powers or  certificate
powers endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates  shall be provided as
required  by the Delta Loan  Agreement.  In the case of  uncertificated  limited
liability  company or partnership  interests of any Pledgor,  such Pledgor shall
cause the name of Secured  Party to be  registered  on the books and  records of
such limited  liability company or partnership,  using appropriate  notations so
that any Person  examining  such books and  records  would be  notified  of such
Pledgor's pledge of its uncertificated interest in the limited liability company
or partnership as Pledged Collateral to Secured Party. In addition, each Pledgor
hereby  authorizes the filing of appropriate  Uniform  Commercial Code financing
statements covering the Pledged Collateral and with such information required by
the Uniform  Commercial Code for the sufficiency or filing office  acceptance of
such financing  statements.  Each Pledgor agrees that a carbon,  photographic or
other  reproduction  of this Agreement  signed by such Pledgor or of a financing
statement  shall be  sufficient  as a financing  statement and may be filed as a
financing  statement in any and all  jurisdictions.  It is the  intention of the
parties hereto that record and beneficial  ownership of the Pledged  Collateral,
including, without limitation, all voting, consensual and dividend rights, shall
remain in the  Pledgors  until the  occurrence  of an Event of Default and until
Secured Party shall notify any Pledgor of Secured Party's exercise of voting and
consensual rights to the Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

         4. Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements.  Anything herein to
the contrary  notwithstanding,  each applicable  Pledgor shall for so long as it

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shall remain a member or liable under any Operating Agreement or a partner under
any  Partnership   Agreement,   observe  and  perform  all  the  conditions  and
obligations  to be observed and  performed by it  thereunder,  all in accordance
with and pursuant to the terms and provisions  thereof.  For Pledged  Collateral
where the applicable Operating Agreement or Partnership  Agreement provides that
all limited liability company or partnership  interests,  as applicable,  issued
thereunder shall be certificated,  the applicable  Pledgor or Pledgors shall not
amend,  supplement  or  otherwise  modify  (or  consent  to any such  amendment,
supplement or  modification  of) the terms of such  Operating  Agreement or such
Partnership Agreement,  as the case may be, so as to provide for the issuance of
uncertificated   limited   liability  company  or  partnership   interests,   as
applicable,  without the prior  written  consent of Secured  Party.  For Pledged
Collateral where the applicable Operating Agreement or Partnership Agreement, as
the case  may be,  does  not  provide  that all  limited  liability  company  or
partnership interests,  as applicable,  issued thereunder shall be certificated,
the applicable Pledgor or Pledgors hereby represent and warrant to Secured Party
that  such  Pledged  Collateral  (a) is not  dealt in or  traded  on  securities
exchanges or in securities markets,  (b) does not constitute  investment company
securities,  and (c) is not held by such  Pledgor or  Pledgors  in a  Securities
Account.  In  addition,  the  articles  or  certificates  of  organization,  the
Operating Agreements,  the Partnership Agreements and other agreements governing
any of the  uncertificated  Pledged  Collateral do not provide that such Pledged
Collateral may be  certificated  or that such Pledged  Collateral are securities
governed  by  Article  8 of the  Uniform  Commercial  Code as in  effect  in any
relevant jurisdiction.

         5.  Additional  Shares.  In the  event  that,  during  the term of this
Agreement:

         (a) any stock dividend, stock split, reclassification,  readjustment or
other  change  is  declared  or made in the  capital  structure  of any  Pledged
Company,  or any new Pledged  Interests or other equity  interests are issued by
such Pledged Company,  all new,  substituted,  and additional  shares,  or other
securities,  shall be issued to the  applicable  Pledgor  and shall be  promptly
delivered to Secured  Party,  together  with a duly  executed  Pledge  Agreement
Supplement in  substantially  the form of Annex 1 hereto (the "Pledge  Agreement
Supplement") identifying such additional Pledged Interests to be held by Secured
Party under the terms of this  Agreement,  and with undated  powers  endorsed in
blank by the  applicable  Pledgor,  and shall  thereupon  constitute  additional
Pledged Interests to be held by Secured Party under the terms of this Agreement,
or in the case of a new  uncertificated  limited  liability  company interest or
uncertificated  partnership  interest,  such  Pledgor  shall  cause  the name of
Secured  Party  to be  registered  on the  books  and  records  of such  limited
liability  company  or  partnership,  as the  case  may  be,  using  appropriate
notations so that any Person  examining such books and records would be notified
of such Pledgor's pledge of its uncertificated interest in the limited liability
company or partnership interest as Pledged Collateral to Secured Party; and

         (b) any subscriptions, warrants or any other rights or options shall be
issued in connection with the Pledged Interests,  all new Capital Stock or other
securities  acquired  through such  subscriptions,  warrants,  rights or options
shall thereupon  constitute  Pledged Interests to be held by Secured Party under
the terms of this  Agreement,  and,  to the extent such  Capital  Stock or other
securities are represented by certificates,  such certificates shall be promptly
delivered to Secured Party, together with appropriate undated powers endorsed in
blank  by  the  applicable  Pledgors  and  shall  thereupon  constitute  Pledged
Interests to be held by Secured Party under the terms of this Agreement.

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         6. Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of
an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreements),  Secured Party may sell
or  otherwise  dispose of any of the Pledged  Interests at one or more public or
private sales or make other commercially  reasonable  disposition of the Pledged
Interests or any portion  thereof  after ten (10)  calendar  days' notice to any
Pledgor,  and Secured Party may credit bid and purchase the Pledged Interests or
any portion  thereof at any public  sale.  The proceeds of the public or private
sale or other  disposition  first  shall be applied to the  reasonable  costs of
Secured Party incurred in connection with the sale, expressly including, without
limitation,  any costs under Section 9 hereof,  and then to the  Obligations  as
provided in the Loan Agreements,  subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement.  In the event the  proceeds of the sale or other  disposition  of the
Pledged  Interests are  insufficient  to satisfy the Secured  Obligations,  each
Pledgor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any such deficiency.

         7.  Additional  Rights of Secured Party.  In addition to its rights and
privileges under this Agreement or any other Financing Agreement,  Secured Party
shall have all the rights,  powers and  privileges  of a secured party under the
Uniform  Commercial  Code as in  effect  from  time  to  time in any  applicable
jurisdiction.

         8.  Continuing  Security  Interest;   Termination;  Return  of  Pledged
Interests to the Pledgors.  This  Agreement  shall create a continuing  security
interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall terminate only when (a) the Secured
Obligations have been indefeasibly  paid in full in cash or otherwise  satisfied
or  collateralized  to the satisfaction of Secured Party and Lenders and (b) the
financing  arrangements  of Secured Party and Lenders with Delta and MJS and the
Loan Agreements and the Commitments  thereunder  have been  terminated,  in each
case to the  satisfaction of Secured Party and Lenders.  Upon such  termination,
this  Agreement  and  Secured  Party's  security  interest  and  security  title
hereunder shall terminate, and Secured Party shall promptly return the remaining
Pledged  Interests  and all rights  received by Secured Party as a result of its
possessory  interest  in the  Pledged  Interests  to the  appropriate  Pledgors,
subject to the provisions of the Subordination Agreement.

         9.  Disposition of Pledged  Interests by Secured Party.  Some or all of
the Pledged  Interests are not registered or qualified under the various Federal
or state  securities laws of the United States and disposition  thereof after an
Event of Default may be  restricted  to one or more private  (instead of public)
sales in view of the lack of such  registration.  Each Pledgor  understands that
upon such  disposition,  Secured Party may approach only a restricted  number of
potential   purchasers   and  further   understands   that  a  sale  under  such
circumstances  may yield a lower  price for the  Pledged  Interests  than if the
Pledged  Interests were  registered and qualified  pursuant to Federal and state
securities  laws and sold on the open market.  Each Pledgor,  therefore,  agrees
that:

         (a) if Secured  Party shall,  pursuant to the terms of this  Agreement,
sell or cause the  Pledged  Interests  or any  portion  thereof  to be sold at a
private sale,  Secured  Party shall have the right to rely, in good faith,  upon
the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized brokerage or investment firm
(but shall not be  obligated  to seek such advice and the failure to do so shall
not be considered in determining the commercial  reasonableness  of such action)
as to the best manner in which to offer the Pledged Interests for sale and as to
the best price reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and

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         (b) such reliance  shall be conclusive  evidence that Secured Party has
handled such disposition in a commercially reasonable manner.

         10.  Pledgors'  Obligations  Absolute.  The obligations of the Pledgors
under  this  Agreement  shall be direct and  immediate  and not  conditional  or
contingent  upon the  pursuit of any  remedies  against  any other  Person,  nor
against other security or liens  available to Secured Party or any Lender.  Each
Pledgor hereby waives any right to require that an action be brought against any
other  Person or to require that resort be had to any security or to any balance
of any  deposit  account  or credit on the books of  Secured  Party or Lender in
favor of any other  Person prior to the  exercise of remedies  hereunder,  or to
require action  hereunder prior to resort by Secured Party to any other security
or collateral for the Secured Obligations.

         11. Voting Rights.

         (a) Upon the  occurrence  and  during the  continuation  of an Event of
Default,  subject to compliance  with  applicable law, (i) Secured Party may, at
its option,  and  without  notice to or demand on any Pledgor and in addition to
all rights and remedies available to Secured Party under any other agreement, at
law,  in  equity,  or  otherwise,  exercise  all  voting  rights,  and all other
ownership or consensual rights of the Pledged  Collateral owned by such Pledgor,
but under no  circumstances  is  Secured  Party  obligated  by the terms of this
Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) each Pledgor hereby appoints Secured
Party as such Pledgor's true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and IRREVOCABLE PROXY
to vote the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor in any manner Secured Party
deems  advisable for or against all matters  submitted or which may be submitted
to a vote of  shareholders,  members  or  partners,  as the  case  may  be.  The
power-of-attorney  granted  hereby  is  coupled  with an  interest  and shall be
irrevocable.

         (b) For so long as any Pledgor shall have the right to vote the Pledged
Collateral  owned by it,  such  Pledgor  covenants  and agrees that it will not,
without the prior written  consent of Secured Party,  and without the receipt by
Secured Party of adequate  protection,  vote or take any consensual  action with
respect to such Pledged  Collateral  which would adversely  affect the rights of
Secured Party or the value of the Pledged Interests.

         12. Notices. All notices, requests and demands hereunder shall be given
in the form and manner and to the addresses set forth in the Guarantees.

         13. Successors.  This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any
other document  referred to herein or therein shall be binding upon Pledgors and
their  respective  successors  and  assigns  and inure to the  benefit of and be
enforceable by Secured Party,  Lenders and their successors and assigns,  except
that  Pledgors  may not  assign its rights  under this  Agreement  and any other
document referred to herein without the prior written consent of Secured Party.

         14.  Amendments  in Writing.  Neither this  Agreement nor any provision
hereof shall be amended,  modified,  waived or discharged orally or by course of
conduct, but only by a written agreement signed by an authorized officer of each
Pledgor and Secured Party. Secured Party shall not, by any act, delay,  omission
or otherwise be deemed to have expressly or impliedly  waived any of its rights,

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powers and/or  remedies  unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by an
authorized  officer of Secured Party.  Any such waiver shall be enforceable only
to the extent  specifically set forth therein.  A waiver by Secured Party of any
right,  power and/or remedy on any one occasion  shall not be construed as a bar
to or waiver of any such right,  power and/or  remedy which  Secured Party would
otherwise have on any future occasion, whether similar in kind or otherwise.

         15.  Survival  of  Provisions.  All  representations,   warranties  and
covenants  of each Pledgor  contained  herein shall  survive the  execution  and
delivery of this Agreement.

         16.  Integration.  This  Agreement,  any  supplements  hereto,  and any
instruments  or documents  delivered or to be delivered in  connection  herewith
represents the entire agreement and understanding  concerning the subject matter
hereof  among the parties  hereto,  and  supersede  all other prior  agreements,
understandings,  negotiations  and  discussions,  representations,   warranties,
commitments,  proposals,  offers and  contracts  concerning  the subject  matter
hereof,  whether oral or written. In the event of any inconsistency  between the
terms of this  Agreement and any schedule or exhibit  hereto,  the terms of this
Agreement shall govern.

         17.  Severability of Provisions.  If any provision of this Agreement is
held to be invalid or unenforceable,  such invalidity or unenforceability  shall
not invalidate this Agreement as a whole,  but this Agreement shall be construed
as though it did not  contain  the  particular  provision  held to be invalid or
unenforceable  and the rights and  obligations of the parties shall be construed
and enforced only to such extent as shall be permitted by applicable law.

         18. Section  Headings.  Headings and numbers have been set forth herein
for  convenience  only.  Unless  the  contrary  is  compelled  by  the  context,
everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

         19. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this
Agreement and any dispute  arising out of the  relationship  between the parties
hereto, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, shall be governed by the
internal  laws of the State of Georgia  without  giving  effect to principles of
conflicts  of law or other rule of law that would result in the  application  of
the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia.

         20. Secured Party.  The powers conferred on Secured Party hereunder are
solely to protect its  interest in the Pledged  Collateral  and shall not impose
any duty upon Secured  Party to exercise  any such  powers.  Except for the safe
custody of any Pledged  Collateral in its actual  possession  and the accounting
for moneys  actually  received by Secured Party pursuant  hereto,  Secured Party
shall have no duty with respect to the Pledged Collateral or as to the taking of
any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any of the Pledged Collateral.  Each reference herein to any right
granted to, benefit conferred upon or power  exercisable,  exercised,  or action
taken by Secured  Party  shall be deemed to be a  reference  to, or be deemed to
have been so taken,  as the case may be, by  Secured  Party in its  capacity  as
agent pursuant to the Loan Agreements for the benefit of itself and Lenders, all
as more fully set forth in the Loan Agreements.

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         21. Counterparts,  Etc. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts,  each of  which  shall  be an  original,  but all of  which  taken
together shall  constitute one and the same  agreement.  Delivery of an executed
counterpart  of this  Agreement by  telefacsimile  shall have the same force and
effect as the delivery of an original  executed  counterpart of this  Agreement.
Any  party  delivering  an  executed   counterpart  of  any  such  agreement  by
telefacsimile  shall also  deliver an  original  executed  counterpart,  but the
failure to do so shall not affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect
of such agreement.

























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                  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  parties  hereto  have
executed this Agreement by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the
day and year first above written.



PLEDGORS:                      DELTA APPAREL, INC., a Georgia corporation


                               By:     /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                  ---------------------------------------------

                               Title:   Vice President and CFO
                                     ------------------------------------------


                               MJS ACQUISITION COMPANY, a North
                               Carolina corporation


                               By:   /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                  ---------------------------------------------

                               Title:   Vice President
                                     ------------------------------------------



SECURED PARTY:                 CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                               (SOUTHERN), as agent


                               By:
                                  ---------------------------------------------

                               Title:
                                    -------------------------------------------





                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

         The undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges  receipt of a copy of the Stock
Pledge  Agreement  dated as of October 3, 2003 (the "Stock  Pledge  Agreement"),
(ii) waives any rights or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of
the Stock Pledge  Agreement in connection  with the  registration of any Pledged
Collateral (as defined  therein) in the name of Congress  Financial  Corporation
(Southern), as agent for Soffe Lenders and as agent for Delta Lenders (in either
or both  capacities,  "Secured  Party") or its nominee or the exercise of voting
rights by Secured Party, (iii) consents and agrees to the pledge by the Pledgors
(as  defined  therein) of the Pledged  Collateral  pursuant to the Stock  Pledge
Agreement  and to all of the other  terms  and  provisions  of the Stock  Pledge
Agreement,  (iv) irrevocably  waives any breach or default under its articles of
incorporation,  articles of  organization,  by laws or operating  agreement,  as
applicable,  as a result  of the  execution,  delivery  and  performance  by the
Pledgors  and  Secured  Party of the Stock  Pledge  Agreement,  and (v)  advises
Secured Party that a pledge of the Pledged Collateral has been registered on the
books and records of the undersigned and in the name of Secured Party and agrees
to so register any additional  equity interests of the undersigned  which may be
hereafter pledged to Secured Party as provided in the Stock Pledge Agreement.


PLEDGED COMPANIES:                 MJS ACQUISITION COMPANY


                                   By: /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                       ----------------------------------
                                   Name: Herbert M. Mueller
                                   Title:  Vice President


                                   SAIM, LLC

                                   By:    MJS Acquisition  Company, its sole
                                          member

                                   /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Herbert M. Mueller
                                   Title: Vice President




                                   DELTA APPAREL HONDURAS, S.A.


                                   By:  /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                        ----------------------------------
                                   Name:  Herbert M. Mueller
                                   Title: Vice Presdient





                                   DELTA CORTES, S.A.


                                   By: /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                       -----------------------------------
                                   Name:  Herbert M. Mueller
                                   Title: Vice President


                                   DELTA CAMPECHE, S.A. DE C.V.


                                   By:  /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
                                       ------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Herbert M. Mueller
                                   Title: Vice President








                                   SCHEDULE 1
                                       TO
                             STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT


                                PLEDGED INTERESTS




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                                                                                                   Number       Percentage of
                                                                                                of Shares/       Outstanding
          Pledgor Name                  Pledged Company       Type / Class of    Certificate       Units       Shares / Units
                                                              Equity Interest     Number(s)       Pledged          Pledged
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Delta Apparel, Inc.           MJS Acquisition Company                                                               100%
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MJS Acquisition Company       SAIM, LLC                                                                             100%
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Delta Apparel, Inc.           Delta Apparel Honduras, S.A.     capital stock          1            1,622             65%
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Delta Apparel, Inc.           Delta Cortes, S.A.                                                                     65%
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Delta Apparel, Inc.           Delta Campeche, S.A., de C.V.                                                          65%
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                                     ANNEX 1

                        STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT


                  This Pledge Agreement  Supplement,  dated as of _____________,
200__, is delivered  pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Pledge Agreement  described
below. The undersigned  hereby agrees that this Pledge Agreement  Supplement may
be  attached  to the Stock  Pledge  Agreement  dated as of  October  3, 2003 (as
amended,  restated,  supplemented  or otherwise  modified from time to time, the
"Pledge  Agreement;" the terms defined therein and not otherwise  defined herein
are used herein as therein  defined),  by and among  Delta  Apparel,  Inc.,  MJS
Acquisition  Company  (collectively,  the  "Pledgors")  and  Congress  Financial
Corporation (Southern), a Georgia corporation, as agent for Soffe Lenders and as
agent for Delta Lenders (in either or both  capacities,  "Secured  Party"),  and
that the additional  interests and the additional  "Pledged Companies" listed on
this  Pledge  Agreement  Supplement  shall  be and  become  part of the  Pledged
Interests  pledged by the Pledgors to Secured Party in the Pledge  Agreement and
part of the Pledged  Companies  under the Pledge  Agreement,  respectively,  and
shall secure all Secured Obligations thereunder.

                  The undersigned hereby certifies that the  representations and
warranties set forth in Section 2 of the Pledge Agreement of the undersigned are
true and correct as to the Pledged  Interests  listed  herein and as of the date
hereof.

                             [PLEDGOR], a ____________ corporation


                             By:
                               -----------------------------------------------

                             Title:
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                                  SCHEDULE 1(A)
                                       TO
                      PLEDGE AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT - ANNEX 1


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    Pledgor Name            Pledged Company          Type / Class of      Certificate          Number
                                                     Equity Interest       Number(s)     of Shares/ Units     Shares / Units
                                                                                              Pledged             Pledged
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