As  filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on February  6,
1998.
          Registration File No. 333-_________

             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                      ----------------
                          FORM S-8
                   REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            UNDER
                 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
               DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                              
    South Carolina                     57-0535180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

                          233 North Main Street
                        Hammond Square, Suite 200
                    Greenville, South Carolina 29601
                             (864) 232-8301
      (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
                                    
                                    
            DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES, INC. STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        (Full Title of the Plan)
                                    
                     E. Erwin Maddrey, II, President
                     Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
                          233 North Main Street
                        Hammond Square, Suite 200
                    Greenville, South Carolina 29601
                            (864) 232-8301
 (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
                                service)


                               Copies to:
              Eric B. Amstutz, Esq. & Eric K. Graben, Esq.
                 Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.
                           Post Office Box 728
                  Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0728
                             (864) 242-8200
                                    
<TABLE>
                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<CAPTION>
                                    Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum 
Title of Securities  Amount to       Offering Price      Aggregate            Amount of
to be Registered    be Registered     Per Share(1)    Offering Price (1)  Registration Fee(1)
<S>                <C>                 <C>              <C>                    <C>    
Common Stock       200,000 shares      $4.5625          $912,500               $269.19

<FN>
<F1>

(1)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the average of the high and low prices
     reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on January
     30, 1998 (as published in the Wall Street Journal) is used for
     purposes of calculating the registration fee.
</FN>
</TABLE>

               The Exhibit Index appears on Page 6 hereof.

Part I: Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus

     Pursuant to General Instruction G, information updating the Section
10(a) Prospectus for the Delta Woodside Industries, Inc. Stock Option
Plan is or will be provided to participants as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) and is not included in this Registration Statement.

Part II:  Information Required in the Registration Statement

      The  information  contained  in Delta Woodside  Industries,  Inc.'s
("Delta Woodside") registration statement on Form S-8, Registration  File
No.  33-38930,  filed  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission") on February 12, 1991 (the "1991 S-8"), and the  information
contained  in  Delta  Woodside's  registration  statement  on  Form  S-8,
Registration File No. 333-01381, filed with the Commission  on  March  1,
1996  (the  "1996  S-8"), is incorporated herein by reference.  Effective
November  6,  1997, the Delta Woodside Stock Option Plan was  amended  to
increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from  600,000
to 800,000.

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

      The following documents or portions thereof are hereby incorporated
by reference:

     Delta  Woodside's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the  fiscal  year
     ended June 28, 1997.

     All  other reports filed by Delta Woodside pursuant to Section 13(a)
     or  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since
     the end of Delta Woodside's 1997 fiscal year.

     The  description  of Delta Woodside's common stock contained  in  or
     incorporated into the registrant's registration statement on Form 8-
     A  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November  1,
     1989.

      All  documents  subsequently filed by Delta  Woodside  pursuant  to
Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by  reference in this Registration Statement and to be part thereof  from
the date of filing of such documents.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      The law firm of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., located  in
Greenville,  South Carolina, is counsel to the registrant  in  connection
with this Registration Statement and has passed on certain aspects of the
legality  of  the common stock covered hereby.  As of January  26,  1998,
attorneys  of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., beneficially  owned
in the aggregate 211,550 of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
registrant.

Item 8.   Exhibits

The information in Item 8 "Exhibits" in the 1991 S-8 and the 1996 S-8  is
supplemented as follows:

Exhibit

 5.1   Opinion of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A. dated February 4,
       1998  regarding certain aspects of the legality of shares  of  Delta
       Woodside.
23.1   Consent  of  Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.:   contained  in
       Exhibit 5.1.
23.2   Consent  of  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to incorporation by reference  in
       registration statement.
24.1   Power of Attorney: contained on the signature page of this filing.
99.1   1997  Amendment to Stock Option Plan effective as  of  November  6,
       1997.
                               SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  the
registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe  that  it
meets  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this   registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by   the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville,  State
of South Carolina, as of February 5, 1998.

                              Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
                              By:/s/ E. Erwin Maddrey, II
                                     E. Erwin Maddrey, II
                                     President


                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears  below constitutes and appoints E. Erwin Maddrey, II,  Bettis  C.
Rainsford,  and Douglas J. Stevens, and each of them, as true and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  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 any and all amendments (including pre-
effective  and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement,
and  to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
New York Stock Exchange, 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 in and about  the
premises,  as  fully to all intents and purposes as he or  she  might  or
could  do  in  person,  hereby ratifying and confirming  all  which  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents or any of them, or  their  or  his  or  her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  this
registration  statement has been signed by the following persons  in  the
capacities and as of the dates indicated:

Signature                                Title                     Date

/s/ E. Erwin Maddrey, II  President,Chief Executive Officer    February 5, 1998
E. Erwin Maddrey, II      and Director

/s/Bettis C. Rainsford    Executive  Vice  President, Chief    February 4, 1998
Bettis C. Rainsford       Financial Officer, Treasurer
                          and Director

/s/ Douglas J. Stevens    Controller                           February 4, 1998 
Douglas J. Stevens        (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/Buck Mickel             Director                            February 3, 1998
Buck Mickel

/s/C. C. Guy               Director                            February 4, 1998
C. C. Guy

/s/Buck A. Mickel          Director                            February 4, 1998
Buck A. Mickel

/s/James F. Kane           Director                            February 4, 1998
James F. Kane

/s/Max Lennon              Director                            February 3, 1998
Max Lennon
         
                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                           Sequentially
                                                                      Numbered
                                                                        Page

5.1     --    Opinion of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.           6
dated February 4, 1998 regarding  certain aspects of the legality of
shares  of  Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.

23.2     -     Consent  of  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to                      8
incorporation  by reference in registration statement.

99.1     --    1997  Amendment to Stock Option  Plan  effective           9
as  of November 6, 1997.
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "secsgml_size_bytes": 9996}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES INC /SC/", "cik": "0000806624", "assigned-sic": "2211", "irs-number": "570535180", "state-of-incorporation": "SC", "fiscal-year-end": "0628"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-45767", "film-number": "98524273"}, "business-address": {"street1": "233 N MAIN ST", "street2": "HAMMOND SQUARE STE 200", "city": "GREENVILLE", "state": "SC", "zip": "29601", "phone": "8642328301"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "233 NORTH MAIN ST", "street2": "HAMMOND SQ STE 200", "city": "GREENVILLE", "state": "SC", "zip": "29601"}}
As  filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on February  6,
1998.
          Registration File No. 333-_________

             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                      ----------------
                          FORM S-8
                   REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            UNDER
                 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
               DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                              
    South Carolina                     57-0535180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

                          233 North Main Street
                        Hammond Square, Suite 200
                    Greenville, South Carolina 29601
                             (864) 232-8301
      (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
                                    
                                    
            DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES, INC. STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        (Full Title of the Plan)
                                    
                     E. Erwin Maddrey, II, President
                     Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
                          233 North Main Street
                        Hammond Square, Suite 200
                    Greenville, South Carolina 29601
                            (864) 232-8301
 (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
                                service)

                               Copies to:
              Eric B. Amstutz, Esq. & Eric K. Graben, Esq.
                 Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.
                           Post Office Box 728
                  Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0728
                             (864) 242-8200
                                    

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum 
Title of Securities  Amount to       Offering Price      Aggregate            Amount of
to be Registered    be Registered     Per Share(1)    Offering Price (1)  Registration Fee(1)
Common Stock       200,000 shares      $4.5625          $912,500               $269.19
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the average of the high and low prices
     reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on January
     30, 1998 (as published in the Wall Street Journal) is used for
     purposes of calculating the registration fee.
The Exhibit Index appears on Page 6 hereof.

Part I: Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus

     Pursuant to General Instruction G, information updating the Section
10(a) Prospectus for the Delta Woodside Industries, Inc. Stock Option
Plan is or will be provided to participants as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) and is not included in this Registration Statement.

Part II:  Information Required in the Registration Statement

      The  information  contained  in Delta Woodside  Industries,  Inc.'s
("Delta Woodside") registration statement on Form S-8, Registration  File
No.  33-38930,  filed  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission") on February 12, 1991 (the "1991 S-8"), and the  information
contained  in  Delta  Woodside's  registration  statement  on  Form  S-8,
Registration File No. 333-01381, filed with the Commission  on  March  1,
1996  (the  "1996  S-8"), is incorporated herein by reference.  Effective
November  6,  1997, the Delta Woodside Stock Option Plan was  amended  to
increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from  600,000
to 800,000.

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

      The following documents or portions thereof are hereby incorporated
by reference:

     Delta  Woodside's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the  fiscal  year
     ended June 28, 1997.

     All  other reports filed by Delta Woodside pursuant to Section 13(a)
     or  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since
     the end of Delta Woodside's 1997 fiscal year.

     The  description  of Delta Woodside's common stock contained  in  or
     incorporated into the registrant's registration statement on Form 8-
     A  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November  1,
     1989.

      All  documents  subsequently filed by Delta  Woodside  pursuant  to
Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by  reference in this Registration Statement and to be part thereof  from
the date of filing of such documents.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      The law firm of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., located  in
Greenville,  South Carolina, is counsel to the registrant  in  connection
with this Registration Statement and has passed on certain aspects of the
legality  of  the common stock covered hereby.  As of January  26,  1998,
attorneys  of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., beneficially  owned
in the aggregate 211,550 of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
registrant.

Item 8.   Exhibits

The information in Item 8 "Exhibits" in the 1991 S-8 and the 1996 S-8  is
supplemented as follows:

Exhibit

 5.1   Opinion of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A. dated February 4,
       1998  regarding certain aspects of the legality of shares  of  Delta
       Woodside.
23.1   Consent  of  Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.:   contained  in
       Exhibit 5.1.
23.2   Consent  of  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to incorporation by reference  in
       registration statement.
24.1   Power of Attorney: contained on the signature page of this filing.
99.1   1997  Amendment to Stock Option Plan effective as  of  November  6,
       1997.
                               SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  the
registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe  that  it
meets  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this   registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by   the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville,  State
of South Carolina, as of February 5, 1998.

                              Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
                              By:/s/ E. Erwin Maddrey, II
                                     E. Erwin Maddrey, II
                                     President

                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears  below constitutes and appoints E. Erwin Maddrey, II,  Bettis  C.
Rainsford,  and Douglas J. Stevens, and each of them, as true and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  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 any and all amendments (including pre-
effective  and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement,
and  to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
New York Stock Exchange, 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 in and about  the
premises,  as  fully to all intents and purposes as he or  she  might  or
could  do  in  person,  hereby ratifying and confirming  all  which  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents or any of them, or  their  or  his  or  her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  this
registration  statement has been signed by the following persons  in  the
capacities and as of the dates indicated:

Signature                                Title                     Date

/s/ E. Erwin Maddrey, II  President,Chief Executive Officer    February 5, 1998
E. Erwin Maddrey, II      and Director

/s/Bettis C. Rainsford    Executive  Vice  President, Chief    February 4, 1998
Bettis C. Rainsford       Financial Officer, Treasurer
                          and Director

/s/ Douglas J. Stevens    Controller                           February 4, 1998 
Douglas J. Stevens        (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/Buck Mickel             Director                            February 3, 1998
Buck Mickel

/s/C. C. Guy               Director                            February 4, 1998
C. C. Guy

/s/Buck A. Mickel          Director                            February 4, 1998
Buck A. Mickel

/s/James F. Kane           Director                            February 4, 1998
James F. Kane

/s/Max Lennon              Director                            February 3, 1998
Max Lennon
         
                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                           Sequentially
                                                                      Numbered
                                                                        Page

5.1     --    Opinion of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.           6
dated February 4, 1998 regarding  certain aspects of the legality of
shares  of  Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.

23.2     -     Consent  of  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to                      8
incorporation  by reference in registration statement.

99.1     --    1997  Amendment to Stock Option  Plan  effective           9
as  of November 6, 1997.