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Exhibit 24


SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned
director or officer, or both, of Sonoco Products Company
constitutes and appoints Charles J. Hupfer, Vicki B. Arthur and
George S. Hartley, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
and each of them with full power to act without the other for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to execute and file, or cause to be filed, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant
to Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the "Act") and any amendment to the foregoing, on his
or her behalf, or on behalf of any trust or other entity that is
required by the rules under Section 16 of the Act, to file
reports under Section 16 because of the fact that said director
or officer is a trustee, fiduciary or otherwise, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done as fully 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 may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The authority
granted by this Special Power of Attorney shall remain in effect
as long as the undersigned is required to file Forms 4 and 5
under the reporting requirements of Section 16.  The undersigned
acknowledges that no attorney-in-fact of the undersigned
pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney, by serving in such
capacity, is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Special Power of Attorney this 18th, day of October, 2004.


S/ John E. Linville
John E. Linville

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