Not so many colonels are made as formerly, and one may travel far before he meets an individual who fits the popular idea of the type.

He is likely to meet more men who are cold, hard, and astute, for the New South has developed some perfect specimens of the type whose natural habitat had been supposed to be Ulster or the British Midlands--religious, narrow, stubborn, and very shrewd.
A sense of social responsibility is developing in the South.

Kindness has always been shown to the unfortunate and the afflicted, but it has been exhibited toward individuals by individuals.

If a Southerner heard of a case of distress in his neighborhood, he was quick to respond.

Real neighborliness has always existed, but the idea of responsibility for a class was slow to develop.