Even though Emily has no money and lives in poverty until her death, she refuses to give up Tobe, her black manservant. This would be a part of life in the "Old South" that Emily would not have considered giving up since she still saw herself as a lady.
When the city's leaders come to collect her taxes, Emily refers them to Colonel Sartoris, thinking that he's still alive. This shows how delusional Emily has become, not willing to let go of the past. She resents the men from the "New South" because they don't give her the proper respect she feels she deserves, the kind of respect shown her by Colonel Sartoris.
Emily doesn't allow the town to attach a mail box to her door or put numbers indicating her address on her door. That wasn't needed when Emily was younger, and this also indicates that she has become lost in the past of the "Old South".
For about six or seven years, Emily teaches china painting to the children of the town, thinking this activity would still be of interest to girls of the town.
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