FORM 10-K                                    Page 195

Exhibit 4.4(c)


             AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT dated as December 31, 1995 to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 18, 1994 (as
heretofore amended, the "Agreement") among Cone Mills
Corporation, the banks listed on the signature pages thereof
(the "Banks") and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
as Agent (the "Agent").

The parties hereto agree as follows with respect to the
Agreement:

     SECTION 1.  Definitions: References. Unless otherwise
specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is
defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the Agreement.  Each reference to "hereof",
"hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other similar
reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each
other similar reference contained in the Agreement shall from
and after the date hereof refer to the Agreement as amended
hereby.

     SECTION 2.  Amendment of Definition of Consolidated Net
Income. The definition of Consolidated Net Income in Section
1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as
follows:

          "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the
     net income of the Borrower and its Consolidated
     Subsidiaries for such period, excluding non-cash equity
     earnings or losses from unconsolidated foreign
     affiliates.

     SECTION 3. Amendment of Section 5.10 of the Agreement.  
 
Section 5.10 of the Agreement is amended to read in full as
follows:

          SECTION 5.10. Debt Ratio. As of the last day of each
     fiscal quarter ended after January 1, 1997, the
     percentage of Adjusted Cash Flow for the period of four
     consecutive fiscal quarters then ended to Total
     Consolidated Debt as of such day will not be less than
     26%.





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Exhibit 4.4(c)   (continued)

     SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.

     SECTION 5. Counterparts: Effectiveness. This Amendment
may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
Signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
This Amendment shall become effective as of December 31, 1995
when the Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts
hereof signed by the Borrower and the Required Banks.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above
written.

                              CONE MILLS CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ David E. Bray        
                              Title:  Treasurer


                              MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
                              OF NEW YORK

                              By: /s/ Jeffrey Hwang        
                              Title:  Vice President


                              FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
                              OF NORTH CAROLINA

                              By: /s/ K. Patrick McCormick 
                              Title:  Vice President


                              NATIONSBANK OF NORTH
                              CAROLINA, N.A.

                              By: /s/ Alison H. Mewborne   
                              Title:  Senior Vice President


                              WACHOVIA BANK OF NORTH
                              CAROLINA, N.A.

                              By: /s/ W. Stanton Laight    
                              Title:  Senior Vice President