Dispenser apparatus for dispensing paper toweling from a roll and for applying damping forces to the paper toweling when overspin shock is taken up during pulling of the paper toweling during dispensing, said dispenser apparatus comprising: a housing; a roll support connected to said housing for mounting the roll of paper toweling and permitting rotation of the roll of paper toweling during dispensing; a rotatable toweling support roller spaced from said roll support, the rotatable toweling support roller receiving paper toweling from said roll of paper toweling and operable upon rotation to dispense said paper toweling; a pivoting paper guide extending partially around said rotatable toweling support roller and defining a paper path for the paper toweling about a portion of the rotatable toweling support roller; a nip roller supported by said pivoting paper guide; and a spring structure operatively connected to said pivoting paper guide to exert a biasing force on said pivoting paper guide and form a nip between said nip roller and said rotatable toweling support roller accommodating the paper toweling; said pivoting paper guide and said nip roller configured to be moved away from said rotatable toweling support roller; characterized in that the nip roller is a damping nip roller; in that said pivoting paper guide and said damping nip roller provide a damping action when tensioning forces of predetermined magnitude are produced in the paper toweling between the damping nip roller and the rotatable paper toweling support roller during pulling of the paper toweling; and in that said spring structure includes a first spring structure and a second spring structure, said second spring structure operable to exert a biasing force after a biasing force has been exerted by said first spring structure. a housing; a roll support connected to said housing for mounting the roll of paper toweling and permitting rotation of the roll of paper toweling during dispensing; a rotatable toweling support roller spaced from said roll support, the rotatable toweling support roller receiving paper toweling from said roll of paper toweling and operable upon rotation to dispense said paper toweling; a pivoting paper guide extending partially around said rotatable toweling support roller and defining a paper path for the paper toweling about a portion of the rotatable toweling support roller; a nip roller supported by said pivoting paper guide; and a spring structure operatively connected to said pivoting paper guide to exert a biasing force on said pivoting paper guide and form a nip between said nip roller and said rotatable toweling support roller accommodating the paper toweling; said pivoting paper guide and said nip roller configured to be moved away from said rotatable toweling support roller; characterized in that the nip roller is a damping nip roller; in that said pivoting paper guide and said damping nip roller provide a damping action when tensioning forces of predetermined magnitude are produced in the paper toweling between the damping nip roller and the rotatable paper toweling support roller during pulling of the paper toweling; and in that said spring structure includes a first spring structure and a second spring structure, said second spring structure operable to exert a biasing force after a biasing force has been exerted by said first spring structure.